Pèlerinage à la Mecque et à Médine. Précédé d'un aperçu sur l'islamisme et suivi de considérations générales au point de vue sanitaire et d'un appendice sur la circoncision
Cairo, Imprimerie Nationale, June 1894.
Octavo, 129, [3] (blank, index, blank) pages plus 19 full-pages plates (reproduced from photographs).
Original wrappers (with the full title page details reprinted on the front one); covers a little blemished, but essentially an excellent copy, complete with the fragile and rarely found wrappers.
A very rare account of pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina in 1888 and 1891, by an Egyptian doctor sent at the behest of his government to report on sanitary conditions for pilgrims on the Hajj. The illustrations include reproductions of images by the two earliest photographers of these holy cities.
Item #110696
Price (AUD):
$6,000.00
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