Mercure de France, n°271 à n°272, tome LXXV, année 1908

First edition.
Contemporary soft grey mouse-colored paper boards binding, first cover stained, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Contributions by T. Carlyle "Novalis", S. Rzewuski "Le Jubilé de Tolstoï", E. Jaloux, L. Séché "Les Débuts du Romantisme au théâtre français : le baron Taylor et le 'Léonidas' de Michel Pichat en 1825", M. Réja "La Danse, aperçu historique", J. Giraudoux "Sainte Estelle", R. de Gourmont, P. Quillard, Rachilde, M.-A. Leblond "Idées nouvelles sur le Romantisme", A. Bennett "La Crise théâtrale en Angleterre", A.-Ferdinand Hérold "Le Patriotisme Révolutionnaire", E. Pilon, Legrand-Chabrier "Bestiaire".
Handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' originated as a French magazine, 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 magazine 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 magazine published both the greatest Parnassians (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Heredia, etc.) and witnessed the emergence 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?