Mercure de France, n°461, tome CXXIII, 1er septembre 1917

First edition.
Contributions by André Maurel, Dr Louis Huot and Dr Paul Voivenel, Madame Aupick, Michel Bratiano, Léon Tolstoï (A. Pierre trans.), Félicien Pascal, Henri Falk, Edmond Barthèlemy, Henri Mazel, Guillaume Apollinaire: "La vie anecdotique: Sur la mort de rené Dalize"...
Two tiny tears with minor lacks to head and foot of spine, tiny marginal tears to second cover, handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' was originally 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 influence 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. Progressively 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, of Colette, of Apollinaire, of Georges Duhamel?