PRESENTATION COPY OF PELERINAGE A LA MECQUE ET A MEDINE PRECEDE D'UN APRECU SUR L'ISLAMISME ET SUIVI DE CONSIDERATIONS GENERALES AU POINT DE VUE SANITAIRE ET D'UN APPENDICE SUR LA CIRCONCISION

PRESENTATION COPY PREPARED FOR THE KING OF GREECE IN GILTED BORDEAUX BINDING. Cairo: Imprimerie Nationale, Bulak, 1894 Book. Illus. by AFTER MUHAMMAD SADIC BEY, AND OTHERS. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 129PP FRENCH TEXT, 19 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY AND OTHERS ( ONE FRONTIS OF THEF KHEDIVE ABBAS HILMI PACHA, AND ONE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR IN THE END OF THE BOOK ), THE OTHERS ARE TITLED AS THE FOLLOWINGS: (1) LE MAHMAL (2) LE CAIRE DEPART DU MAHMAL (3) LE TAPIS SACRE (4) DJEDDAH VUE GENERALE (5) DJEDDAH TOMBEAU SACRE DE NOTRE MERE EVE (6) DJEDDAH SPECIMEN DES MAISONS DE CETTE VILLE (7) LA MECQUE MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET LA CAABA (8) LA MECQUE TOMBEAU SACRE DE SITINA KHADIJA, EPOUSE DU PROPHETE (9) SAYIDNA ONE EL RAFIK, CHERIF DE LA MECQUE (10) LA PRIERE DU VENDREDI DANS LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF AUTOUR DE LA KAABA (11) LA MECQUE INTERIEUR DE LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET PUITS DE ZAMZAM (12) CAMPEMENT SUR LE MONT ARAFAT (13) VILLE DE MOUNA CAMPEMENT DES PELERINS PENDANT LES TROIS JOURS DES SACRIFICES (14) MEDINE VUE GENERALE (15) MEDINE L'ILLUMINEE (16) MEDINE TOMBEAU SACRE DU PROPHETE (17) S. E. CHAWKAT PACHA, CHEIKH DE LA MOSQUEE DE MEDINE. CONTEMPORARY FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH FINE ISLAMIC DECORATION. INSIDE, GENERALY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. PLATES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND FRESH. An account of the author's journeys with the hajj in 1888 and 1891. Commissioned by the Egyptian government to undertake sanitary inspections whilst travelling with the hajj, Salih Subhi took the opportunity to take detailed notes of the pilgrimage and of the Holy Cities. In his opening remarks, he claims that his aim is to rectify the misconceptions engendered by European works on the subject (''ouvrages... fantaisistes, d'une autorite douteuse'') and to submit ''a l'approbation d'un public eclaire une religion et un peuple meconnu''. The plates include views of Jeddah, Medina, Mecca and the Mahmal. Some are after Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), the celebrated photographer of Mecca and Medina. SEE SOTHEBYS SALES: L09217 LOT NO. 725, L09567 LOT NO. 403, AND LN8563 LOT NO. 1103. THE AUTHOR WAS (EX-INTERNE DES HOPITAUX DE FRANCE, DOCTEUR LAUREAL DE LA FACULTE DE PARIS, INSPECTEUR SANITAIRE DE LA VILLE DU CAIRE, INSPECTEUR DELEGUE DU CONSEIL SANITAIRE, MARITIME ET QUARANTENAIRE D'EGYPTE POUR LES PELERINAGES DE 1888 ET 189. SCARCE.