[COMPLETE RUN OF OTTOMAN SATYRIC MAGAZINE OF THE REVOLUTIONAL PERIOD] Kalem: Journal humoristique paraissant le jeudi = Kalem: Persembe günleri nesrolunur, edebî mizah gazetesi. No. 1-130

CIMCÖZ, SALÂH (1875-1947); CELÂL ESAD [ARSEVEN, (1876-1971) (Directed by). Tanin Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1908. Handsome fine contemporary brown half moroccos. Six raised bands to spine, title, and issue numbers gilt lettered, floral decorations in compartments. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters) and French. All pages with illustrations in text or full-page illustrations, all numbers with an Arabic numeral system, reversed collation, with two title pages: Ottoman recto and in French verso, numbers 35, 41, 44, 45 with title pages in colour. The rare poster is coming with the set inside the volumes as a supplement to the magazine. Extremely rare togetherness of the complete set of 130 issues of the Ottoman Turkish-French satirical magazine "Kalem", richly illustrated with thousands of attractive illustrations and cartoons, started its publication life with the end of Sultan Abdulhamid II's repression regime in 1908. The collection provides an invaluable res