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AL-CORANUS SIVE LEX ISLAMATICA MUHAMMEDIS
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AL-CORANUS SIVE LEX ISLAMATICA MUHAMMEDIS

ABRAHAM HINCKELMANN (ED.), HAMBURG, SCHULTZ-SCHILLER, DATED 1694

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AL-CORANUS SIVE LEX ISLAMATICA MUHAMMEDIS


ABRAHAM HINCKELMANN (ED.), HAMBURG, SCHULTZ-SCHILLER, DATED 1694
First edition of an early printed Arabic Qur'an, [92], 560, [10]pp. Woodcut Arabic half-title, letterpress Latin half-title, woodcut Arabic title-page, Latin title-page printed in red and black, complete with Sententia leaf, preface in Latin, text in vocalised Arabic, in modern mottled brown leather with gilt stamped central medallion and spandrels, new endpapers
Folio 8 3/8 x 7 7/8in. (21.3 x 17.5cm.)
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Until 1987 the Hamburg Qur'an was considered the first printed edition of the Arabic text. Abraham Hinckelmann (1652-95), a Hamburg theologian, studied at Wittemberg and collected many Oriental manuscripts. He complied a Qur'an lexicon in manuscript and planned a Latin translation although this was never realized. Another copy of this printed Qur'an sold in these Rooms, 8 June 2005, lot 155.

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