Sieur Du Ryer - L'Alcoran de Mahomet - 1649

[Quran]
The Quran of Mahomet, translated from Arabic into French.
Following the printed copy in Paris at Antoine de Sommaville [Amsterdam], 1649.

Petit in-12 (134 x 82 mm), ivory vellum with coverings, manuscript title on the back (Period binding), [xii], 416+[4] pages. Complete.

The original edition of André Du Ryer's translation of the Quran was published in 1647. The first edition in in-12 format appeared in the elzévir collection two years later.

Good copy, despite some minor stains without severity and a stain on the vellum cover.

Willems, No. 1087 – Brunet, III, 1309.