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CHRISTIAN SNOUCK HURGRONJE
Mekka. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-89. 3 vols., consisting of 2 text vols. 8° (242 x 163mm) and 1 atlas vol. 2° (365 x 270mm). 2 in-text folding plans, atlas with 40 plates, loose in portfolio as issued, consisting of 65 photographs mounted on 30 leaves, 4 chromolithographs, and 6 tinted lithographs. (One plan with a short tear and light scattered spotting, atlas with occasional light scattered spotting in the margins and on the list of plates, a very few leaves with light edge-wear.) Text volumes in contemporary, possibly original brown quarter cloth with original large printed labels reproducing the title page tipped on the front covers, atlas volume in original brown half cloth portfolio with printed front cover (text vols. with spotting on covers and light wear, atlas volume wanting cloth spine and one tie, extremities rubbed, covers soiled). Provenance: Contemporary small ink stamps of an unidentifiable library on a few blanks and small shelf-mark on the covers of text volumes.
FIRST EDITION, RARE, OF THIS IMPORTANT BOOK ON MECCA -- AMONGST THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOLY CITY, BY ONE OF ITS LEADING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ONE OF THE FIRST NON-ARAB PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE HIJAZ. 'Hurgronje has given us a rare and unique archive of photographs of the Hijaz, and of Makkah in particular' (Badr el-Hage, p.46). With the assistance of his Muslim assistant Abu Bakar, Snouck Hurgronje describes the holy city's early history, the traditions of the first Islamic communities, as well as contemporary daily life. His important photographs document the area before Western modernization, 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, p.46). These photographs include 2 by Muhammed Sadiq Bey, one of the pioneers of Arabian photography. Badr el-Hage, Saudi Arabia Caught in Time, Reading: 1997. (3)
Mekka. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-89. 3 vols., consisting of 2 text vols. 8° (242 x 163mm) and 1 atlas vol. 2° (365 x 270mm). 2 in-text folding plans, atlas with 40 plates, loose in portfolio as issued, consisting of 65 photographs mounted on 30 leaves, 4 chromolithographs, and 6 tinted lithographs. (One plan with a short tear and light scattered spotting, atlas with occasional light scattered spotting in the margins and on the list of plates, a very few leaves with light edge-wear.) Text volumes in contemporary, possibly original brown quarter cloth with original large printed labels reproducing the title page tipped on the front covers, atlas volume in original brown half cloth portfolio with printed front cover (text vols. with spotting on covers and light wear, atlas volume wanting cloth spine and one tie, extremities rubbed, covers soiled). Provenance: Contemporary small ink stamps of an unidentifiable library on a few blanks and small shelf-mark on the covers of text volumes.
FIRST EDITION, RARE, OF THIS IMPORTANT BOOK ON MECCA -- AMONGST THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOLY CITY, BY ONE OF ITS LEADING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ONE OF THE FIRST NON-ARAB PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE HIJAZ. 'Hurgronje has given us a rare and unique archive of photographs of the Hijaz, and of Makkah in particular' (Badr el-Hage, p.46). With the assistance of his Muslim assistant Abu Bakar, Snouck Hurgronje describes the holy city's early history, the traditions of the first Islamic communities, as well as contemporary daily life. His important photographs document the area before Western modernization, 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, p.46). These photographs include 2 by Muhammed Sadiq Bey, one of the pioneers of Arabian photography. Badr el-Hage, Saudi Arabia Caught in Time, Reading: 1997. (3)
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