‎LEOPOLD II - King of Belgium (owner) - FEDERATION POUR LA DEFENSE DES INTERETS BELGES A L'ETRANGER ( publisher ) :‎
‎La Vérité sur le Congo. (organe de la ) Fédération pour la Défense des Intérets belges à l'Étranger.. Complete run of this periodical: Issue 1 (July 1903) -> Issue 12 (December 1907).‎

‎".: Bruxelles, Fédération pour la défense des Intérets belges à l'Étranger, format in-4°, 31 x 24 cm, issues of approx. 50 pp /month, later years have a continuous pagination. Bound in 4 volumes. Half-leather, not uniform, some minor use at bindings but good copies with fine interiors. With the ex-libris of H.Rolin (?). [Vol. 1] 1903-1904 issues 1 - 15 July 1903-> December 1904. [Vol.2] 1905 Issues 16-27 ; Jan. 1905 - December1905, 561 pp, with index, printer-publisher Lebègue. [Vol.3] 1906 issues 1- 12 ;jan. 1906 - dec. 1906. , 550 pp , with index, printer -publisher Lebègue. [Vol.4] 1907 issues 1-12 jan 1907 - dec. 1907, 548 pp, with index, printer -publisher Lebègue.. This periodical , published under the auspices of king Leopold II of Belgium, sole proprietor of the Independant free state of the Congo. It was started to counter the heavy political critique, mainly from the UK against the king's colonial politics in Congo . It ceased its publication in dec. 1907 when the king ''donated'' the colony to Belgium and it became Belgian Congo. The articles are printed in three colums (French, English and German). This periodical contains important information on the colonial history of the Congo and its relation with its new rulers: the Belgian state. Apparently very rare, no complete run available in the OCLC catalogue (situation july 2024)."‎

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