Ministere de la Guerre, Etat-Major de LArmee - Bureau D Orient, "La Macedoine et les territoires Environnants", Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1916. 12mo, pp.xii, [2]482. Based on the English official work. Accompanied by a map of Greece, in colour (about 60 x 70 cm). A very rare work intended for exclusive Official Use, prepared during the World War I with the Entente allied armies stationed in Thessaloniki, forming the Macedonian front. It covers the broad areas of: Macedonia, Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki and North Aegean islands of Imbros, Lemnos, Samothrace & Thasos. The work starts with Overview of these areas Geography, environment, history, ethnology, language & literature, administration characteristics, landscape, railway network, hygiene advises etc. More than ~300 pages of detailed description of itineraries from place to place, indicating the distances (kilometers) and major physical and human-made features of the landscape. These itineraries are tracked on the folding map. This work provides one of the most detailed images of Greece and Macedonia in the beginning of the 20th century. Also very valuable is the indication of the place-names, many of them changed after the war. Contemporary binding, leather spine. Very fine condition. Rare.