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Title: Histoire secrette du prophete des turcs. Traduite de l'Arabe. Constantinople, chez Ibrahim Muley, (i.e. Paris, Laurent-Charles d'Houry) 1754.
Description: . 12mo. Pp. 274. Contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt and with red title label, marbled endpapers. The binding is worn with weak hinges. First exceedingly rare edition of a controversial work on Muhammad's life. It is a different work from "Les amours de Mahomet" 1750. This work was published anonymously but attributed to Lancelin de Laval according to Barbier. But according to "Chambre syndicate de la librairie et imprimerie de Paris" the author is Philippe Le Febvre (in the printer's declaration). A second edition was published in 1761, a reprint of the text but with a slightly different title illustrated with the prophet surrounded by naked women. Two more editions in 1755 were issued. See Barbier II, 833. Cf. Chauvin, Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes", XI, no. 800.
Keywords: Near East, muhammad, islam, muslim, literature, turkish, religion, middle east, novel
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Title: Histoire secrette du prophete des turcs. Traduite de l'Arabe. Constantinople, chez Ibrahim Muley, (i.e. Paris, Laurent-Charles d'Houry) 1754.
Description: . 12mo. Pp. 274. Contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt and with red title label, marbled endpapers. The binding is worn with weak hinges. First exceedingly rare edition of a controversial work on Muhammad's life. It is a different work from "Les amours de Mahomet" 1750. This work was published anonymously but attributed to Lancelin de Laval according to Barbier. But according to "Chambre syndicate de la librairie et imprimerie de Paris" the author is Philippe Le Febvre (in the printer's declaration). A second edition was published in 1761, a reprint of the text but with a slightly different title illustrated with the prophet surrounded by naked women. Two more editions in 1755 were issued. See Barbier II, 833. Cf. Chauvin, Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes", XI, no. 800.
Keywords: Near East, muhammad, islam, muslim, literature, turkish, religion, middle east, novel
Price: EUR 4500.00 = appr. US$ 4890.81 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 121508
- Book number: 121508
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