Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mahomet
Item #84287
(ISLAM). DE RYER, Sieur [Andre du Ryer]. The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mahomet, Translated from the Original Arabick into French. The Whole Now Faithfully Translated into English. Springfield, [MA]: Printed by Henry Brewer for Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1806. 1st Am. ed. viii, 524pp. Contemporary full leather, red morocco spine label, rubbed with edgewear. Old water staining, spine flaking, toning and foxing throughout, front board nearly detached, lower outer corner of rear board bent, else good. Shaw & Shoemaker 10684. First American edition of the Koran, based on the first European vernacular translation, i.e., the French translation of Andre du Ryer (c. 1580-1660/1672), a scholar of Arabic and Turkish and for many years the French envoy to the Ottoman court. His edition of the Koran was published in 1647, and Alexander Ross (c. 1590-1654) is usually credited with the English translation used here, first published in 1649. This copy was owned by three members of the Boyd family, with their signatures on the title page: William Boyd, C. H. Boyd, and A. J. H. Boyd.
Price: $4,750.00