Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 243

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(QUR'AN.) The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse. By George Sale, Gent. . . . New Edition. Folding engraved map of Arabia; 3 folding genealogical tables; folding plate showing plan and view of the Kaaba at Mecca. xii, [2], 148, 266; [8], 519, [13] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine ends chipped, Volume 2 front cover detached, remaining joints cracked, cords intact, hinges reinforced with cloth tape; scattered minor stains in Volume 1, m5 torn in outer margin touching sidenote, map offset, plate partly separated at fold. Peabody Institute Library stamps and accession numbers on titles, faint embossed stamp on the engraved matter, bookplate on pastedowns (with release stamp). Bath: S. Hazzard for J. Johnson et al., 1795

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First published in 1734, Sale's translation was the first scholarly version in English made directly from the original Arabic.