276 - LOTI (Pierre).

LOTI (Pierre). Turquie agonisante, followed by supplementary notes. 1 volume, large in-12, bound in full burgundy morocco, ribbed spine, dated at the bottom, gilt edges, green morocco half-leather endpapers framed in gilt, red moiré endpapers and wallpaper half-endpapers, double gilt fillet on the edges, cover and spine preserved. Binding signed NOULHAC. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1913 (partially ORIGINAL EDITION). Following the first edition of January 1913, this was succeeded by a second, revised, and considerably expanded edition as of April 1 of the same year. Twenty-five copies of this work were printed on Japanese Imperial paper, the only high-quality paper used; this copy was printed for Mr. Michel Calmann-Lévy [Publisher]. A VERY BEAUTIFUL COPY. Ref: Carteret II, pp. 88 (E.O.) – Talvart XII, p. 272 Loti wrote this work during the First Balkan War, at a time when the Ottoman Empire—already weakened by its conflict with Italy—found itself facing the Balkan League (Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro). He defends the Ottoman Empire and rails against the Western powers’ plan to dismantle Turkey.