Mercure de France, n°237 à n°238, tome LXVII, année 1907

First edition.
Full soft grey mouse-colored paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Contributions by E. Pilon, F. Jammes "Souvenirs d'enfance", F. Charpin "La Question religieuse", A. Maybon "Le Malaise japonais", R. de Gourmont "Théophile poète romantique", R. de Gourmont "Une Loi de constance intellectuelle", Rachilde, G. Danville, C. Merki.
Handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' was originally a French periodical, founded in the 17th century under the name 'Mercure Galant', which evolved to become a publishing house in the 20th century.
Under the influence of Rémy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry, a literary review revived 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 Parnassians (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?