(QUR'AN.) The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse. By George Sale. Folding engraved map of Arabia; 3 engraved genealogical tables; folding plate showing plan and view of the Kaaba at Mecca. [6], iii-ix, [3], 187, [1]; 508, [15] pages. 4to, 276x231 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip; contents toned with occasional marginal foxing, dampstaining in upper and lower margins at beginning and end, short clean tear in map, old stamp and signature on title. wide-margined copy. London: C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734