L'Illustration - "Collection de la Guerre", 1914 to 1918. 10/10 (10 strong volumes). Paris, Bureau de l'Illustration, 1914-1918. From 600 to 900 pp/volume, 2 columns/page. Binding in paperboard in marbled leather style (publisher binding of the time), smooth spine with golden fillets, 2 title and volume number labels per volume in blue and pink leather, gold stamped pattern in full centre of the first covers, triple gilded fillets framing the covers. 41 x 31 cm, weight 60kg, delivery in 2 parcels (maximum 30 kg per package). Friction, wear and tear not too serious on corners, borders, back, and covers; a few split joints in head and tail, which is quite normal for works of such a size and such a weight. 2 volumes per year, or 2 semesters per volume, each year complete in 2 volumes. Many photographic illustrations in and out of text and double page and panorama, in black; colour engravings laminated and drawings by the best artists of the time; maps, plans of battles etc... Texts written by the best historians and writers of this period. Aerospace, Aviation, Ceremonies and interviews, Navy, war material, Portraits, ruins, damage, Scenes of war, national and international varieties, views etc... A reference edition on the great war