Mercure de France, n°121 à n°123, tome XXXIII, année 1900

First edition.
Full flexible mouse-grey cardboard binding, second cover stained, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Contributions by R. de Gourmont "Les Mots et les idées" and "La Destinée des langues", C. Guérin "Soirs d'été", V. Josz "Le Centenaire de Claude Lorrain", P. Quillard, J. de Gaultier "Nietzsche", H. Heine "Les Tisserands", H.-G. Wells "La Guerre des Mondes", P. Eketrae "Le Génie et le bonheur dans l'oeuvre d'Ibsen", G. de Lautrec "Définition de l'humour", J. Cyrane "L'Unique aventure amoureuse de Monsieur de la Bruyère", J. Otokar "La Poésie moderne tchèque".
Handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' originated as a French review, founded in the 17th century under the name 'Mercure Galant', which evolved to become, in the 20th century, a publishing house.
Under the impetus of Rémy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry, a literary review adopted the name 'Mercure de France' in 1890 and featured symbolist texts, notably by Jean Moréas, Ernest Raynaud, Jules Renard, Louis Dumur. Gradually gaining recognition, this review published both the greatest Parnassian poets (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Heredia, etc.) and witnessed the emergence of Jarry's Pataphysics.
The publishing house was born in its wake. It notably published the first works of Gide and Claudel, Colette, Apollinaire, Georges Duhamel?