September 18, 2005

Items of the Day: The Koran, trans. Sale (1734) and Dampier’s New Voyage Round the World (1697)

Full Title:
The Koran, Commonly Called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators. To which is Prefixed A Preliminary Discourse. By George Sale, Gent.
Translated by George Sale (1697?-1736). Includes dedication, note to the reader, table of the sections of preliminary discourse, table [...]