
Lot 46•
QU'RAN SALE (GEORGE, translator) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic... to Which is Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,375 inc. premium
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QU'RAN
SALE (GEORGE, translator) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic... to Which is Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, first edition of Sale's translation, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map with inset view of Mecca, engraved folding plate with plan and view of Mecca, 3 engraved genealogical tables (2 folding), contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old gilt morocco spine label ("The Koran"), 4to, C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734
Footnotes
First edition of George Sale's translation into English (from the Arabic) of the Qu'ran, to which he added "a long 'preliminary discourse', a compendium of all that was known about the religion of Islam [at that time]" (ODNB). Includes a fine map of Arabia with inset view of Mecca, and a folding plate with a view of Mecca.
Provenance: "Wm. Woodforde, Galhampton House" (Somerset), eighteenth century inscription; "Jane Woodforde, Ansford House 1845", both inscriptions on front pastedown.