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RELANDUS, H. - Le Temple de la Mecque.

RELANDUS, H. -  Le Temple de la Mecque.
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RELANDUS, H. - Le Temple de la Mecque.
Published: The Hague, Isaac Vaillant, 1721
Size: 495 x 295mm.
Color: Uncoloured.
Condition: Dark impression, paper slightly age toned and slightly spotted. Strong paper.

Description

Striking view of the Temple at Mecca, showing the Kaaba at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām, in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia.
The engraving has appeared in the French translation from "La Religion des Mahometans, exposée par leurs propres docteurs, avec des Eclaircissemens sur les Opinions qu'on leur a faussement attribuées. Tiré du latin de Mr. Reland. Et augmenté d'une Confession de Foi Mahometane, qui n'avoit point encore paru. " by Hadrianus Relandus first published in Utrecht in 1717.
Relandus was a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Utrecht.
600€
  • Reference N°: 41480