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HUGRONJE, Christian Snouck (1857-1936). Mekka. The Hague: 1888-1889.
3 volumes including atlas, 8° and 2° (246 x 160mm; 362 x 273mm). Text volumes with half-titles, three double-page geneological tables, and 2 folding lithographic ground plans of Mecca and Moschee. Atlas with 40 plates, consisting of 65 collotypes mounted on 30 plates, 6 tinted lithographic plates, one double-page, and 4 chromolithographic plates by P.W.M. Trap showing Islamic objects in the author's collection. (Occasional spotting to plates and plate margins.) Text volumes in contemporary half roan and green cloth (rebacked preserving old spines), atlas vol. in modern half roan and green cloth to match, preserving original front wrapper.
Snouck, who was fluent in Arabic, obtained permission to enter Mecca through the Ottoman governor in Jeddah, and after examination by a delegation of scholars from the city, commenced his pilgrimage in 1885. This book based upon his visit provides some of the earliest published photographs of the Holy City, recording 'pilgrims from all over the Islamic world, in addition to the sharif of Makkah, the Turkish governor, and various religious and secular figures' (Badr el-Hage, Saudi Arabia caught in Time, 1997, p. 46). Volume I of the text is a history of the city and its people, while volume II deals with daily life in Mecca and elsewhere. (3)
3 volumes including atlas, 8° and 2° (246 x 160mm; 362 x 273mm). Text volumes with half-titles, three double-page geneological tables, and 2 folding lithographic ground plans of Mecca and Moschee. Atlas with 40 plates, consisting of 65 collotypes mounted on 30 plates, 6 tinted lithographic plates, one double-page, and 4 chromolithographic plates by P.W.M. Trap showing Islamic objects in the author's collection. (Occasional spotting to plates and plate margins.) Text volumes in contemporary half roan and green cloth (rebacked preserving old spines), atlas vol. in modern half roan and green cloth to match, preserving original front wrapper.
Snouck, who was fluent in Arabic, obtained permission to enter Mecca through the Ottoman governor in Jeddah, and after examination by a delegation of scholars from the city, commenced his pilgrimage in 1885. This book based upon his visit provides some of the earliest published photographs of the Holy City, recording 'pilgrims from all over the Islamic world, in addition to the sharif of Makkah, the Turkish governor, and various religious and secular figures' (Badr el-Hage, Saudi Arabia caught in Time, 1997, p. 46). Volume I of the text is a history of the city and its people, while volume II deals with daily life in Mecca and elsewhere. (3)
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