Hamish Riley-Smith

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Qur'an

L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Paris 1672

Third French printing of the Qur'an

[QUR’AN].
L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Translaté d’Arabe en François, Par le Sieur du Ryer; Sieur de la Grande Malezair. Suivant la Copie imprimée.
Paris, chez Anoine de Sommaville, 1672

Twelvemo, contemporary vellum, (6) + 486pp + (2), title printed in red and black with printers woodcut device, some woodcut initials, some printed marginilia, ownership in ink on the title of Robt. St.George.
£650
The third printing of the Qur’an in French. The translation is by Andrew du Ryer who was Resident in Alexandria.

British Library, Arabic Books, I, Willems 1472.

 Qur'an - L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Paris 1672
 Qur'an - L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Paris 1672

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