[World War I. Belgium] Manuscript extracts from press articles, poems, recollections etc.

Belgium, 1914-15, 156 p. of French language text (excl. several bis-, ter- and other pages), w. num. loosely inserted or mounted newspaper clippings, add. manuscr. lvs and additions attached to the main text, 8 sm. photographs (a few dep. trenches), 2 manuscr. maps and some later unrelated inserts (incl. WWII). Orig. hcl. binding, a school notebook w. "année scolaire 18" on the chromolithogr. title (largely covered w. clippings), chromolithr. maps of Belgium and Congo as pastedowns, coat of arms of the producer "PR" on front cover, sm. 4to. Contents and binding very worn and loosely assembled. Impressive personal World War I archive of recollections, news reports, noteworthy moments, poems etc.; the compiler remains unidentified.