THE KORAN

by George Sale

$1,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

London: Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1764. Early Georgian edition of this landmark translation of the Qur'an, the first in English directly from the Arabic. Very good. Item #55176 First published in 1734, Sale's scholarly translation of the Qur'an immediately became the standard in English. Until 20th century it was the best available version, read by Founding Fathers like Thomas Jefferson as well as

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