SALE, George, translator. The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, London, by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734, 4°, FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION, title in red and black, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf (rebacked). [Rothschild 1811] A "remarkably accurate" translation. The only complete translation of the Koran in any modern language previously published was the "despicable" French version by André du Ryer of 1649, rendered into English by Alexander Ross in the same year.
SALE, George, translator. The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, London, by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734, 4°, FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION, title in red and black, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf (rebacked). [Rothschild 1811] A "remarkably accurate" translation. The only complete translation of the Koran in any modern language previously published was the "despicable" French version by André du Ryer of 1649, rendered into English by Alexander Ross in the same year.
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