LES HOMMES D'AUJOURD'HUI N° 1, September 1878-n° 469, [1899] + a double n° 244: "Verlaine par Verlaine", i.e. 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 devoted to Verlaine: a "Paul Verlaine" by Pierre et Paul (concealing Verlaine's name) and a "Paul Verlaine" by Paul Verlaine reproducing the text of the previous issue plus 24 lines written by Verlaine in October 1894. Each issue contains a full-color portrait. The first by André Gill and the following by Manuel Luque, Émile Cohl, Léandre, Cazals, L. Anquetin, etc., one by Toulouse-Lautrec (no. 407: Henri Somm, who is none other than Lautrec). Pierre et Paul's signature very often concealed the author to whom the issue was dedicated. Complete collection. 469 numbers in 469 issues + 1 further no. 244 in 4 in-4 bound volumes. Attached: Volume 1: - 1 visiting card from Félicien Champsaur with a few autographed lines; - 1 portrait of Champsaur by Rops; - 1 L.A.S. from Louis Pillard (Nancy) to Édouard Dujardin; - 2 L.D.S. from Jean-Léo (Le Grenier) to Édouard Dujardin. from Jean-Léo (Le Grenier du Collectionneur, Brussels, 1970) to André Vasseur; - The mauve-colored front cover; - No. 41 (Ferdinand de Lesseps) in black; - 1 extract from an article in Études de presse devoted to Hommes d'aujourd'hui; In Volume 2: - The yellow-colored front cover. Volume 3: - General delivery cover in mauve; - No. 236 (Hippolyte Maze) in black; - Inside No. 298: 7 ff. (Jules Laforgue par Gustave Kahn), the autograph manuscript of this issue signed by Gustave Kahn. In volume 4: - 1 autograph card from Jules Renard (February 1893) to Alfred Vallette; - 3 L.A.S concerning 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, Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui is mentioned; - 1 full-color general delivery cover; - Inside issue no. 360 (Kahn par Félix Fénéon), the signed autograph 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; - Nos. 373, 376, 386, 387, 389, 390 are duplicates. An exceptional copy thus composed.