Soubhy. Pèlerinage a La Mecque et a Medine.1894

Soubhy (Dr Saleh)

Pèlerinage a La Mecque et a Medine. Precede d'un apercu sur l'islamisme et suivi de considerations generales au point de vue sanitaire et d'un appendice sur la circoncision.

first edition, half-title, 19 photographic plates after Sadiq Bey and others, to include images of Mecca and three of Medina, as well as views of Jeddah and the Mahmal, original red silk binding stamped in gilt, slightly rubbed, slightly foxed, 8vo., Cairo, Imprimie Nationale, 1894

*** Soubhy was an Egyptian public health official who was commissioned by his government to undertake the Hajj in 1888 and 1891.