The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into… (edition 1764)

by George Sale

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Title	The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse
Author	George Sale
Tags	Religion, Jurisprudence, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy
Collections	Your library, Shadwell Library Reconstructed (1757-1770), Monticello Library (ca. 1770s-1815), Library Sold to Congress (1815)
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Publication date	1764
Publication	London : Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, R. Collins, and T. Wilcox, 1764.
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Number of volumes	2
Number of copies	1
Pages	xvi, [2], 266, [14] p., [4] leaves of plates (3 folded); [8], 519, [13] p.
Dimensions	21 cm


LC Classification	BP109 .S3 1764
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Primary language eng	English
Secondary language	(blank)
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Comments	Acquired by TJ in Williamsburg on Oct. 5, 1765 from the Virginia Gazette for 1 pound 6 shillings. While we do not know for certain, this set probably survived the Shadwell fire in 1770, or else was not kept at Shadwell at the time of the fire. Listed as 'Sale’s Koran. 2. v. 8vo.' in 1783 Catalog on page 88 (Transcription). Manuscript image (Massachusetts Historical Society). Sold to Congress in 1815. Listed as 'Sale's Koran, 2 v 8º.' in Trist Catalogue, page [40], no. 70 (Transcription). Manuscript image (Library of Congress). Listed in Sowerby Catalogue in vol. II, page 90, no. 1457. Copy at Library of Congress. Rebound in half brown morocco in 1918. Initalled by TJ at signatures I and T. Title pages printed in red and black. This edition is a later printing of the 1734 translation of the Koran by George Sale, the first to be translated directly from the Arabic to English.


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Summary 1	The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse by George Sale (1764)


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