Hamish Riley-Smith

Rare Books And Manuscripts

Qur'an

Mahomets Alkoran. Amsterdam 1658

Second printing of the Qur'an in Dutch

[QUR’AN].
Mahomets Alkoran, Door de Heer du Ryer uit d’Arabische inde Fransche, en door J.H.Gazemaker.
Amsterdam, Jan Rieuwertz 1658
Two parts in one volume, twelvemo, contemporary vellum, engraved title frontispiece + (7) + 692pp; (2) + 125pp, a few woodcut initials, printed marginilia.
£1,150
Second printing of Qur’an in Dutch, the first translation into Dutch of du Ryer’s French translation of the Qur’an. The second part contains an account of the Life of the Prophet.
Not in the British Library

 Qur'an - Mahomets Alkoran. Amsterdam 1658
 Qur'an - Mahomets Alkoran. Amsterdam 1658

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