Author: REINECCIUS (REINICKE), CHRISTIAN (Ed.) / MARRACCI, LUIGI:
Title: Mohammedis filii Abdallae pseudo-prophetae Fides Islamitica, i.e. Al-Coranus ex idiomate Arabico, quo primum a Mohammede conscriptus est, latine versus per Ludovicum Marraccium e congregatione cleric. reg. Matris dei et innocentii XI. papae confessionarium. Lpz, Sumtibus Lanckisianis, 1721.
Description: . Pp. (xii), 114, (2), 558, 34 index. Text in Latin. Old, neat hand-written notes on the rear endpaper. Contemporary vellum, contemporary hand-written title on spine. First edition of Reinicke's version of Luigi Marracci's famous translation of the Qur'an (Padua 1698) including his criticism of the Muslim doctrines. Marracci (1612-1700) was an Italian oriental scholar and professor of Arabic at the College of Wisdom in Paris. Reinicke's long introduction deals with the history of the Qur'an and deviation from the true faith. A handsome copy of a scarce work. Schnurrer Bibl. Arabica pp, 413-4.

Keywords: Near East, coran, qur'an, quran, koran, arabica, religious, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, islam, history


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