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[6], iii-ix, [1], 187, [1], 508, [15] pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a folding copper-engraved map and 4 engraved plates (all folding, 2 are tipped together as one). (4to) 25.5x19 cm. (10x7¼), period paneled calf. First Sale Edition.

First edition of the Koran in English translated directly from the Arabic; and the best early vernacular translation. There was a 17th century English edition, but it derived from an already suspect French translation. The engravings are a folding map of Arabia, a folding view of Mecca, and genealogical tables. Provenance: Sir Francis Skipwith [c.1705-1778] of Newbold-Revel, Warwickshire, with his bookplate and his ownership inscription dated 1734.