(ISLAM) The Koran Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mahomet

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(ISLAM.) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mahomet. viii, 524 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, early repair to front board; intermittent foxing and browning, a few leaves coming loose, lacking leaf Ii4; early inscriptions on front free endpaper, flyleaf, and title page. Springfield, MA: Henry Brewer for Isaiah Thomas, 1806

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First American edition of the Koran, with a brief and very unsympathetic introduction: "Thou wilt wonder that such absurdities have infected the best part of the world." Shaw & Shoemaker 10684.