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Mecca and Medina | Album of 23 photographs of the Hajj, first half of the twentieth century

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May 13, 02:44 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Mecca and Medina


Album of twenty-three photographs relating to the Hajj pilgrimage. [first half of the twentieth century]


oblong 4to (165 x 215mm.), 23 mounted silver prints (120 x 180mm.), each captioned in Arabic in the negative, contemporary embossed black cloth sewn binding, occasional wear to images, mounts slightly frayed, binding somewhat worn


A good album of photographs of the Hajj including views of Mecca, the Ka'ba, the Black Stone, Arafat, Mina, and Medina.