Author: DOZY, R. P. A. (1820-1883),
Title: Het Islamisme. Tweede herziene druk [Second revised edition].
Description: Haarlem, H.D. tjeenk Willink, 1880. Large 8°. Later clothbacked marbled boards, original printed front wrapper laid-down. Hftitle (verso blank). (vii), 357pp. Tinted lithographed frontispiece (The Ka'aba), 12 captioned fine tinted lithographed plates, lithographed by Emrik & Binger, tfootnotes/references, table of contents. Dutch language detailed scholarly investigation into Islam in nineteenth century Netherlands Indies: origin, overseas immigration, various denominations and sects, The Qur'an and morals, theology and religious feasts, sufism, Islam and the western world, Wahabits, the present situation, preceded by a historic review. Good copy of the second and best edition. Complete, tinted lithographs in very fresh condition. ((library number in black feltpen in upper right corner of front cover and f.e.p. with a library stamp, both inner hinges reinforced with a cloth strip, covers a bit soiled and a bit rubbed on edges ).

Keywords: islam religion history koran investigation muslims immigrants settlement society festivals culture heritage legacy morals haj society theology overseas colonialism indonesia southeastasia nineteenthce