SIEVR (ANDRE) DU RYER, SIEUR DE LA GARDE MALEZAIR - L’ALCORAN DE MAHOMET

RARE… A 373 YEARS OLD COPY OF QURAN TRANSLATION INTO FRENCH…

FIRST QURAN EVER TRANSLATED INTO A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE…

IN VELLUM COVERED BINDING OF THE PERIOD…

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION…

SINCE THIS WORK IS THE FIRST QURAN EVER TRANSLATED INTO A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE, THIS TRANSLATION WAS ABLE TO REACH TO THE EUROPEAN MASSES, SO THAT THEY COULD READ THIS HOLY BOOK… IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE THE PIONEER AMONGST QURAN TRANSLATIONS INTO EUROPEAN LANGUAGES…

L'ALCORAN DE MAHOMET HAS BEEN A MEDIUM TO BREAK DOWN THE PREJUDICES IN EUROPE AGAINST THE TURKS AND ISLAM WHICH WAS CALLED THE "RELIGION OF THE TURKS" AT THAT PERIOD…