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QUR'AN, Arabic. Al-Coranus S. lex islamitica Muhammedis, filii abdallae pseudoprophetae, ad otimorum codicum fidem edita... Edited and with a preface by Abraham Hinckelmann (1652-1695). Hamburg: Schulz and Schiller, 1694.
4o (208 x 170 mm). Latin title printed in red and black, one Latin half-title, 1 (of 2) Arabic half-titles, text in vocalised Arabic. 19th-century marbled boards (light wear to corners, rubbing to joints). Provenance: Philadelphia Divinity School (bookplate, perforated stamp to title and Arabic half-title).
Second printed edition. The Hamburg Qur'an was long believed to be the first printed edition, however, there exists a unique surviving copy discovered in Venice in 1987 (see A. Nuovo "Il Corano arabo ritrovato" in Bibliofilia LXXX, IX, 1987). The Hamburg Qur'an remains the first obtainable printed edition. Abraham Hinckelmann (1652-1695), a Hamburg theologian, studied at Wittenberg and collected many Oriental manuscripts. He compiled a Koranic lexicon in manuscript and planned a Latin translation of the Koran, but this was never realised. Schnurrer 376; Smitskamp 360.
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Second printed edition. The Hamburg Qur'an was long believed to be the first printed edition, however, there exists a unique surviving copy discovered in Venice in 1987 (see A. Nuovo "Il Corano arabo ritrovato" in Bibliofilia LXXX, IX, 1987). The Hamburg Qur'an remains the first obtainable printed edition. Abraham Hinckelmann (1652-1695), a Hamburg theologian, studied at Wittenberg and collected many Oriental manuscripts. He compiled a Koranic lexicon in manuscript and planned a Latin translation of the Koran, but this was never realised. Schnurrer 376; Smitskamp 360.