THE MEN OF TODAY N° 1, September 1878-N° 469, [1899] + a double n° 244 : " Verlaine by Verlaine ", that is to say 470 issues. Paris, A. Cinqualbre, then, from 1885 Léon Vanier, Founder : Félicien Champsaur. The collection is considered complete in 469 issues, but to be absolutely complete, it must include 2 issues dedicated to Verlaine: a "Paul Verlaine" by Pierre et Paul (hiding Verlaine's name) and a "Paul Verlaine" by Paul Verlaine reproducing the text of the previous one plus 24 lines written by Verlaine in October 1894. Each issue contains a portrait loaded in colors. The first ones by André Gill and the following ones by Manuel Luque, Émile Cohl, Léandre, Cazals, L. Anquetin, etc., one by Toulouse-Lautrec (n° 407: Henri Somm who is no other than Lautrec). The signature of Pierre and Paul very often hid the author to whom the booklet was dedicated. Complete collection. 469 issues in 469 deliveries + 1 other n° 244 in 4 vol. in-4 bound. Joint : In volume 1 : - 1 visiting card of Félicien Champsaur with some autograph lines ; - 1 portrait of Champsaur by Rops ; - 1 L.A.S. of Louis Pillard (Nancy) to Édouard Dujardin ; - 2 L.D.S. from Jean-Léo (Le Grenier du Collectionneur, Bruxelles, 1970) to André Vasseur ; - The general cover of delivery in mauve color ; - The n° 41 (Ferdinand de Lesseps) in black ; - 1 extract of an article published in Études de presse devoted to the Hommes d'aujourd'hui ; In volume 2 : - The general cover of delivery in yellow color In volume 3 : - The general cover of delivery in mauve color ; - The n° 236 (Hippolyte Maze) in black ; - Inside the n° 298 : 7 ff. (Jules Laforgue by Gustave Kahn), the autograph manuscript of this number signed by Gustave Kahn. In volume 4 : - 1 autograph card from Jules Renard (February 1893) to Alfred Vallette ; - 3 L.A.S concerning the n° 338 (Édouard Dujardin by Teodor de Wyzewa) : 1 from Wyzewa (11/07/1890) ; 1 from Léon Vanier (23/03/1891), 1 from Octave Maus (12 /05/1891). In these three letters it is about Hommes d'aujourd'hui ; - 1 general cover of delivery in color ; - Inside the n° 360 (Kahn by Félix Fénéon), the autograph signed manuscript (10 ff.) of this issue and the printed proof. Fénéon's manuscript is much longer than the printed text and the printed proof contains numerous autograph corrections ; - The n° 373, 376, 386, 387, 389, 390 are duplicates. An exceptional copy thus composed.