THE SCAPIN 2nd series: no. 1, September 1, 1886-no. 9 (3rd issue December 1886). The 1st series, a newspaper series, began publication in 1885. The 2nd series is a complete magazine. Paris, Director: Émile-Georges Raymond, Editorial secretary: Edmond Pagelle, then Alfred Vallette. Texts by 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 (purple half-maroquin, titled spine, gilt head, binding by 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) to [Édouard Dujardin]: he requests the 1st issue of La Revue indépendante in exchange for the Scapin collection; - 1 reproduction of Verlaine's portrait, published in Têtes de Pipe; - 1 article by Louis Lormel from La Connaissance (no. 10, November 1920): "Le Scapin, revue", tracing the history of Le Scapin. Very rare. One of the most famous Symbolist journals. No. 1 begins with a literary manifesto entitled "La Décadence", signed by Vir [Léo d'Orfer], and hailing as masters: Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.