La Guerre Generale Periodical
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La Guerre Generale PeriodicalDescription
This publication is an authentic World War I Ottoman photographic journal or album published in Istanbul, titled Harb-ı Umumi Panoraması (Panorama of the General War) in Ottoman Turkish and Album de la Guerre Générale in French. Exhibited here as Issue Number 9 and dated 1330 AH / 1914 CE, the bilingual volume was produced by the prominent Istanbul publisher İbrahim Hilmi at his Kitabhane-i İslam ve Askeri (Librairie Militaire) located on Bab-ı Ali Street. Priced at 60 paras, the series documented the global theater of World War I, featuring nations including the Ottoman Empire, Germany, France, Russia, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Belgium, and Montenegro. Inside, the pages are densely packed with lots of historical visuals, including battlefield photographs, portraits, and scenes depicting the unfolding conflict across multiple fronts.Category
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