THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW Literary, political and philosophical Volume I : n° 1, January 25, 1885-n° 4, April 25, 1885 ; Volume II : n° 1, May 25, 1885-n° 4, August 25, 1885 ; Volume III : n° 1, September 25, 1885-n° 4, December 25, 1885 + the table of the year 1885 ; Volume IV : n° 1, January 25, 1886-n° 4, April-May 1886 ; Volume V : n° 1, June-July 1886-n° 2, August-September 1886. Paris, Director: Adrien Remacle, Editor: Édouard Rod. Texts by Paul Adam, Harry Alis, Théodore de Banville, Maurice Barrès, Henry Becque, Maurice Bouchor, Joseph Caraguel, François Coppée, Jean Dolent, Édouard Dujardin, Jules de Goncourt, Edmond Haraucourt, Émile Hennequin, Léon Hennique, Charles Henry, Leconte de Lisle, Jean Lorrain, Victor Margueritte, Catulle Mendès, Émile Michelet, Jean Moréas, Charles Morice, Adrien Remacle, Édouard Rod, Maurice Rollinat, Laurent Tailhade, Ivan Tourguenieff, Paul Verlaine, Gabriel Vicaire, Charles Vignier de Wyzewa, etc. Complete collection. 18 numbers in 18 issues in 5 vol. in-8 bound (covers preserved at the end of the volume). Joint : - The book La Revue contemporaine (1885-1886) by Charles Beuchat (Honré Champion, 1931) ; - 1 L.A.S. from Adrien Remacle on headed paper of La Revue contemporaine (1885) to Édouard Dujardin ; - 5 L.A.S. from Maurice Bouchor (1885-1886) to Adrien Remacle (Maurice Bouchor solicits on different occasions his collaboration to La Revue contemporaine) ; - 1 L.A.S. from Édouard Rod (1886) to Édouard Dujardin (where Th. de Wyzewa is mentioned) ; - 1 visiting card from Édouard Dujardin with handwritten lines from Th. de Wyzewa (1886) ; - 11 portraits or photos of contributors to the journal.