Tarih Osmani Encumeni Mecmuasi. Nos. 1-77 [and:] Türk Tarih Encümeni Mecmuası. Nos. 1-6

Istanbul: Ahmed İhsan ve Şürekası, 1921. Illustrated, some maps on folding plates. 6 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter red calf and cloth over boards. Bound from the parts with the usual variation in paper stock. Rubbed and worn. Internally fine, good plus overall. Illustrated, some maps on folding plates. 6 vols. 8vo. The Târîh-i Osmânî Encümeni Mecmuası (TOEM), first published in 1910, was the first comprehensive and systematic journal dedicated to Ottoman historiography. Issued bi-monthly, the journal featured archival documents, historical research, and articles by leading historians of the time. TOEM aimed to reexamine Ottoman history through a scholarly lens and continued publication through 1921, renamed as the Türk Tarih Encümeni Mecmuası (TTEM). The journal also served as a standard scholarly periodical of Turkish history, including translations of works published in Western journals, offering a bridge between Ottoman and international historical scholarship.

This periodical marked a turning point in Ottoman historiography and facilitated the publication of numerous significant historical sources for the first time. (Inventory #: 371062)