BY ROXANE ZAND| MAY, 2019 Sotheby's Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History sale on 14 May featured the personal albums of Mecca by Dutch Orientalist Christiaan Snouck-Hurgonje . These photographs are today considered among the most important Western records of Islam's holy city. There is no more important location in the world than Mecca for the Muslim soul. For some, the significance of Mecca transcends beyond a pilgrimage site into metaphysical dimensions, creating a mythology all its own. Holding much fascination for the Christian world at a time when access for foreigners was limited and photography...