Mercure de France, n°249 à n°250, tome LXX, année 1907

First edition.
Contemporary binding in flexible grey mouse-colored paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
Contributions by O. Uzanne "Edgar Poe et son ami F. Holley-Chivers, leurs relations et correspondance, d'après des documents nouveaux", J. de Gaultier "La Vertu de l'Illogique", P. Louis "Le Socialisme international", P. Léautaud "Les Itinéraires de Stendhal", R. de Gourmont, Rachilde, M. Boissard, D. Astériotis, F. le Dantec, G. Chérau "le Monstre".
Handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' was originally a French review, founded in the 17th century under the name 'Mercure Galant', which would evolve to become a publishing house in the 20th century.
Under the impetus of Rémy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry, a literary review adopted the name 'Mercure de France' in 1890 and published 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 birth of Jarry's Pataphysics.
The publishing house emerged in its wake. It notably published the first works of Gide and Claudel, Colette, Apollinaire, Georges Duhamel?