ART AND THE IDEA Contemporary review of literary dilettantism and curiosity N° 1, January 20, 1892-N° 12, December 20, 1892. Takes over from Le Livre Moderne. Paris, Administration : Ancienne maison Quantin, Director : Octave Uzanne. Texts by Jules Brivois, B.-H. Gausseron, Alphonse Germain, Remy de Gourmont, Amédée Pigeon, Maurice Tourneux, Octave Uzanne, Pierre Valin, Émile Zola (unpublished letters), etc. Illustrations by Jules Chéret, Eugène Grasset, Victor Hugo, Louis Morin, Albert Robida, Félicien Rops, Félix Vallotton, etc. Complete collection. 12 numbers in 12 issues in 2 vol. large in-8 bound. 1 of 600 copies on Vosges laid paper with the covers preserved. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (4 ff.). Joint : - 1 etched portrait of Octave Uzanne (1890) ; - 2 L.A.S. from Octave Uzanne (March 1878 and September 1879) to [Maurice Tourneux] ; - Supplement to the last issue of Livre Moderne announcing the birth of L'Art et l'Idée. Magnificent copy.