Alcoran of Mahomet, page 1

Islam

First English translation of the complete text of the Qur'an;
One of three copies in Burke Library

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1649

Du Ryer, André, approximately 1580-approximately 1660

Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654

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CLIO id: 4431306

1649

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London

1649

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Burke Library, Columbia University

1649 M216

French source "L’Alcoran de Mahomet" was first published by Antoine de Sommaville in Paris 1647
the complete title reads: "The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and resident for the King of France, at Alexandria, and newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities'
the translation is accompanied by "The life and death of Mahomet, the prophet of the Turks, and author of the Alcoran"
Ross added "A needfull caveat or admonition, for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran"

references:
ESTC R200452, R200453, R220382
David Allan, "Ross, Alexander (1591-1654)," in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2007, available online: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24110 (accessed 10 June 2011)
Nabil Matar, "A Note on Alexander Ross and the English Translation of the Qurʾān," Journal of Islamic Studies 23/1, 2012, pp. 76-84
Noel Malcolm, "The 1649 English Translation of the Koran: Its Origins and Significance," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 75 (2012), pp. 261-295

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McAlpin Collection of British History and Theology

book

18.5 x 15 x 3.5 cm