This is a rare to find complete set of 130 Ottoman Turkish-French satirical magazine Kalem. The magazine was published weekly in 130 numbers between 21 August 1324 (3 September 1908) and 16 June 1327 (29 June 1911), starting after the Second Ottoman Constitutional Revolution. The magazine was a mixture of satire and a saloon magazine, with focus on politics, social life and revolution. The only continously running part of the magazine was Haftalik Dedikodu (Weekly Gossip). The founders of the magazine were Salah (Selah) Cimcoz (1875-1947), a Turkish politician, lawyer and owner of Kalem Newspaper, and Celal Esat Arseven (1876-1971) was a Turkish painter, writer and parliamentarian. He was the first to introduce history of art and urbanistic architecture to Turkey. Only a few complete copies survive in institutions worldwide.
Volume 1: 4°. #1 - 8pp.; #2 - 12pp.; #3 -12pp., #4 - 12pp; #5 - 12 pp., #6 12pp., #7 16pp., #8 16pp., #9 16pp., #10 16pp., #11 16pp., #12 16pp., #13 16pp., #14 16pp., #15 16pp., #16 16pp., #17 16pp., #18 16pp., #19 16pp., #20 16pp., #21 8pp., #22 16pp., #23 16pp., #24 16pp., #25 16pp., #26 16pp., #27 16pp., #28 16pp., #29 16pp., #30 16pp., #31 16pp., #32 16pp., #33 16pp., #34 16pp., #35 20pp., #36 16pp., #37 16pp., #38 16pp., #39 16pp., #40 16pp., #41 [1] colour title page 16pp., #42 16pp., #43 16pp., #44 12 pp., extra double-page illustration inserted betwen pp.6-7, #45 16pp., #46 16 pp., #47 16 pp., #48 16 pp., #49 16 pp., #50 16 pp., #51 16 pp., #52 16 pp., #53 16 pp., #54 16 pp., #55 16 pp., #56 16 pp., #57 16 pp., #58 16 pp., #59 16 pp., #60 16 pp., #61 16 pp., #62 16 pp., #63 16 pp., #64 16 pp., #65 16 pp.,
All pages with illustrations in text or full-page illustrations, all numbers with Islamic numbering system, reversed collation, with two title pages: Ottoman recto and in French verso, numbers 35, 41, 44, 45 with title pages in colour, original half-calf binding with dark red bucram covers, with embossed decoration, embossed spine with gilt titles in Ottoman script.
Volume 2: 4°. #66 16pp., #67 16pp., #68 16pp., #69 8pp., #70 8pp., #71 8pp., #72 8pp., #72 8pp., #73 8pp., #74 8pp., #75 8pp., #76 8pp., #77 8pp., #78 8pp., #79 8pp., #80 8pp., #81 8pp., #82 8pp., #83 8pp., #84 8pp., #86 8pp., #87 8pp., #88 16pp., #89 16pp., #90 16pp., #91 16pp., #92 16pp., #93 20pp., #94 20pp., #95 20pp., #96 20pp., #97 20pp., #98 20pp., #99 20pp., #100 20pp., #101 20pp., #102 20pp., #103 20pp., #104 20pp., #105 20pp., #106 20pp., #107 20pp., #108 20pp., #109 20pp., #110 20pp., #111 20pp., #111 16pp., #112 16pp., #113 16pp., #114 16pp., #115 16pp., #116 16pp., #117 16pp., #118 16pp., #119 16pp., #120 16pp., #121 16pp., #122 16pp., #123 16pp., #124 16pp., #125 16pp., #126 16pp., #127 16pp., #128 16pp., #129 16pp., #130 16pp.
All pages with illustrations in text or full-page illustrations, all numbers with Islamic numbering system, reversed collation, with two title pages: Ottoman recto and in French verso, original half-calf binding with dark red bucram covers, with embossed decoration, embossed spine with gilt titles in Ottoman script.
References: Tobias Heinzelmann, Die Balkankrise in der osmanischen Karikatur.
