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POSTELLUS (GULIELMUS): DE ORBIS TERRAE CONCORDIA Libri Quatuor, [Basle, J. Oporinus, 1544], folio, woodcut initials (title with manuscript dedication dated 1550, some underlining and occasional annotations in a contemporary hand, some old stains), late 18th-century crimson morocco, gilt (rubbed). [Brunet IV, 840; Adams P2020]

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POSTELLUS (GULIELMUS): DE ORBIS TERRAE CONCORDIA Libri Quatuor, [Basle, J. Oporinus, 1544], folio, woodcut initials (title with manuscript dedication dated 1550, some underlining and occasional annotations in a contemporary hand, some old stains), late 18th-century crimson morocco, gilt (rubbed). [Brunet IV, 840; Adams P2020]

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Guillaume Postel considered this his most important work. It is primarily an urgent appeal to, and a practical manual for, the Christian mission among the Moslems with an exposition of Islam, based on quotations from the Koran.

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