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L'Alcoran de Mahomet. Translaté d'Arabe en François, par Sieur du Ryer, Sieur de la Grande Malezair. Suivant la Copie imprimée.
Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville 1649
Twelvemo, contemporary vellum, (8) + 686pp + (3), title page printed in red and black with printers woodcut device, some woodcut initials, some printed marginilia, with the rarely found 4 page dedication to Le Chancelier.
The second printing of the Qur'an in French, which was first printed in 1647. The translation is by Andrew du Ryer who was Resident in Alexandria.
British Library, Arabic Books, I,889. Brunet, III,1309.
£850
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