The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabick into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and resident for the French King, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities. To which is prefixed, the life of Mahomet, the prophet of the Turks, and author of the Alcoran. With A needful caveat, or admonition, for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran.
André Du Ryer (c.1580-c.1660)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135716
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],xi,[3],128p. . fol.. Sig. F misbound. Bound as part of vol. 2 of Rycaut's translation of Knolles's Turkish history, also with Wing R2407 and R2414A. Provenance: Armorial gilt centrepiece: [Anonymous, with motto Prodesse quam conspici = John Lord Sommers (1651-1716)]. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in vol. 1: Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, gilt tooling on spine and board edges, double blind fillets and gilt armorial centrepiece on covers, red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
André Du Ryer (c.1580-c.1660) Alexander Ross (1591-1654)