Mon voyage a la Mecque.

Classic pilgrimage to Mecca

Gervais-Courtellemont, [Jules]. Mon voyage a la Mecque.

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1896.

8vo. (2), 236 pp. With frontispiece, large folding panorama, and 30 text illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers.

€ 2,000.00

Rare first edition. Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), a convert to Islam, was one of the very few Western visitors to Mecca during his time. The classic account of his pilgrimage is of special interest due to the numerous illustrations drawn after photographs by the author and documenting buildings that have survived only greatly changed or which have disappeared altogether.

An untrimmed, well-preserved copy with very slight browning. Uncommon; auction records list the 2nd edition only (published in the same year), fetching as much as £950 (Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1998, lot 740); last sold for £750 (Sotheby's, Oct 15, 2003, lot 638).

References

Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1016. Howgego III, G10. OCLC 23429140.

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