Two rare early photographs of Mecca by Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Tabib
Two rare early photographs of Mecca by Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Tabib
Mecca, second half of the 1880s
albumen prints laid down on card album pages with gilt margin rules on a maroon ground (now partly faded to pale pink), Arabic inscriptions to negative
photographs 195 x 253 mm.; album pages 280 x 335 mm.(2)
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Two rare early photographs of Mecca by Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Tabib
Mecca, second half of the 1880s
albumen prints laid down on card album pages with gilt margin rules on a maroon ground (now partly faded to pale pink), Arabic inscriptions to negative
photographs 195 x 253 mm.; album pages 280 x 335 mm.(2)
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