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(QUR'AN.) The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer . . . and newly Englished,for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities. [24], 407, [15] (of [17]) pages; lacks the final blank. Small 4to, modern brown calf, few stains on covers; marginal dampstaining in second half of volume, becoming more conspicuous toward end. London, 1649
first english-language version of the qur'an, one of 2 editions of undetermined priority published the same year. The end matter comprises a life of Mohammed and "A needfull Caveat of Admonition for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran, by Alexander Ross." Wing K747.
