[FIRST ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN IN TURKISH LITERATURE / FIRST "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" TRANSLATION IN TURKISH] Çocuk ansiklopedisi [i.e. The encyclopaedia for children]. 4 volumes set

SABIHA ZEKERIYA [SERTEL], (1895-1968); MEHMED ZEKERIYA [SERTEL], (1890-1980); FAIK SABRI [DURAN], (1882-1943), Resimli Ay Matbaasi & Sevimli Ay Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1927-1928. Original black cloth bindings with lettered gilt title on the front boards and spines, slight chippings on extremities of the boards, fading and discoloration on the third volume's binding, overall a very good set. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 4 volumes set: (1518 p.), richly illustrated with photo lithographic plates and cliches. Exceedingly rare set of the earliest children's encyclopedia in Turkish literature including the first Turkish translation of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in the fourth volume, published in the Resimli Ay [i.e. Illustrated Monthly] (later Sevimli Ay [i.e. Cute Moon]) Printing House, which the Sertel Family also published a magazine of the same name and founded in 1924. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was abridged and translated i