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QU'RAN, in Arabic and Latin Alcorani Textus Universus; Refutatio Alcorani [edited and translated by Ludovico Marraccio], 2 vol., Padua, Ex typographia Seminarii, 1698 image 1
QU'RAN, in Arabic and Latin Alcorani Textus Universus; Refutatio Alcorani [edited and translated by Ludovico Marraccio], 2 vol., Padua, Ex typographia Seminarii, 1698 image 2
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QU'RAN, in Arabic and Latin
Alcorani Textus Universus; Refutatio Alcorani [edited and translated by Ludovico Marraccio], 2 vol., Padua, Ex typographia Seminarii, 1698

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QU'RAN, in Arabic and Latin

Alcorani Textus Universus; Refutatio Alcorani [edited and translated by Ludovico Marraccio], 2 vol., text in Arabic and Latin, woodcut ornaments and end-pieces, occasional spotting (heaviest to the first title), shelf label in red ink on titles, contemporary calf, worn, one cover detached [Brunet III, 1307, "Edition très recherchée et dont les exempl. sont peu common"], folio (355 x 230mm.), Padua, Ex typographia Seminarii, 1698

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The third printing of the Qu'ran ["Koran"] in Arabic, edited by the Italian Orientalist Ludovido Marracci, with a parallel Latin translation helping to spread the text throughout the West. Includes extensive additional texts, including a lengthy biography of Muhummad, and Marracci's anti-Islamic commentaries and "Refutations" on each verse from his Catholic anti-Islamic position.

Provenance: Thomas Llewelyn (1720-1783, Welsh Baptist), armorial "Gift" bookplate; Bristol Education Society label. For note on Llewelyn's library see B. Hines, The library of Thomas Llewelyn, Aberystwyth Bibliographical Group, website, 2020.

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