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The work entitled The Alcoran of Muhammad, printed in 1685, is a famous edition of the very first complete translation of the Qur'an into French, carried out directly from the Arabic by the French Orientalist and diplomat André Du Ryer

The 1685 edition: This particular version was published in The Hague (Netherlands) by the renowned printer-publisher Adrian Moetjens. The United Provinces (today's Netherlands) were then the refuge for printers of books banned or censored in France under Louis XIV

To the reader                                             8 pages not digitized
The Alcoran of Muhammad                    486 pages numbered
A M; De Ryer                                        3 pages not digitized

L'ouvrage intitulé L'Alcoran de Mahomet imprimé en 1685 est une édition célèbre de la toute première traduction complète du Coran en français, réalisée directement depuis l'arabe par l'orientaliste et diplomate français André Du Ryer

L'édition de 1685 : Cette version spécifique a été publiée à La Haye (Pays-Bas) chez le célèbre imprimeur-libraire Adrian Moetjens. Les Provinces-Unies (les Pays-Bas actuels) étaient alors le refuge des imprimeurs de livres interdits ou censurés en France sous Louis XIV

Au lecteur                                             8 pages non numérisées
L'Alcoran de Mahomet                    486 pages numérotées
A M; De Ryer                                        3 pages non numérisées



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Sieur du Ryer - L'alcoran de Mahomet - 1685

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Sieur du Ryer's L'alcoran de Mahomet is a leather-bound French edition from 1685, published by Adrian Moetjens, comprising 497 pages and measuring 14 by 8 cm in good condition.

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Sieur du Ryer's L'alcoran de Mahomet is a leather-bound French edition from 1685, published by Adrian Moetjens, comprising 497 pages and measuring 14 by 8 cm in good condition.

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