THE SCAPIN 2nd series: n° 1, September 1, 1886-n° 9 (3rd issue of December 1886). The 1st series, newspaper series, began to appear in 1885. The 2nd series is a complete magazine. Paris, Director : Émile-Georges Raymond, Editorial secretary : Edmond Pagelle, then Alfred Vallette. Texts of Léon Cladel, Édouard Dubus, Louis Dumur, René Ghil, Jean Lorrain, Stéphane Mallarmé, Victor Margueritte, Stuart Merrill, Louise Michel, Léo d'Orfer, Rachilde, Henri de Régnier, Jules Renard, Albert Samain, Laurent Tailhade, Alfred Vallette, Émile Verhaeren, Paul Verlaine. Complete collection. 9 issues in 1 vol. in-12 bound (half-maroquin violin, spine titled with nerves, gilt head, binding signed Mériot; covers preserved) in slipcase. Joint: - 1 L.A.S. from Émile-Georges Raymond, director of Le Scapin on the magazine's letterhead (December 15, 1886) addressed to [Édouard Dujardin]: he asks for the first issue of La Revue indépendante in exchange for the collection of Le Scapin; - 1 reproduction of Verlaine's portrait, published in Têtes de Pipe; - 1 article by Louis Lormel taken from the magazine La Connaissance (No. 10, november 1920): " Le Scapin, revue " and which retraces the history of Le Scapin. Very rare. One of the most famous symbolist reviews. The n° 1 begins with a literary manifesto entitled " La Décadence ", signed by Vir [Léo d'Orfer], and saluting as masters : Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.