Early Photographs of Mecca

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Early Photographs of Mecca is written by C. Snouck Hurgronje and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9061944503 (ISBN 10) and 9789061944508 (ISBN 13).

A facsimile-edition of the 40 magnificent photographs, originally published in 1889 in the "Bilder Atlas" to the classic 2-volume work on Mecca by the world famous Dutch orientalist and islamologist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, together with the 20 photographs of the additional fourth and last volume, also published in 1889. The facsimile addition is accompanied by an extensive commentary by Jan Just Witkam, professor of Arabic studies at Leiden University. This series represents a most important documentation of the people and customs associated with the 19th-century pilgrimage to Mecca and the residents, topography and architecture of the area.