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Bonn, Leipzig, Kurt Schroeder, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1923-1927.6 volumes in 7. Original half cloth (5) and wrappers (2).Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) was a famous Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and Advisor on Native Affairs to the colonial government of the Netherlands East Indies. 'He knew more about Islam than the best-informed Muslim and more about colonial government than the Colonial Office itself, and many an opponent was antagonised or even silenced by his vitrolic criticism'.With Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) a new chapter begins in Dutch Islam scholarship in general and the study of Indonesian Islam in particular. .. In spite of all the criticism, no one intending to seriously study Islam in Indonesia will be able to avoid reading Snouck Hurgronje's work and consulting them again and again' (Boland-Farjon, Islam in Indonesia, p.16-17). The collected works is an authorised edition with corrections by the author. It includes all his publications until 1927 with the exception of his largest monographs.Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), the Netherlands’ most prominent Orientalist of the late 19th and early 20th century. He is mostly known for his journey to Mecca in 1884-1885 and his ensuing publication Mekka (1888-1889). From 1889 to 1906 he served as advisor on indigenous affairs to the Government of the Netherlands East Indies