The Koran - commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed; [With the rare, folded Plan and View of the Beit Allah or Mosque at Mecca and with 4 additional plates in the rear of the volume: 1. Map of Arabia / 2. A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the genuine

Sale, George. The Koran - commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed; [With the rare, folded Plan and View of the Beit Allah or Mosque at Mecca and with 4 additional plates in the rear of the volume: 1. Map of Arabia / 2. A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the genuine Arabs / 3. A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the Naturalized Arabs being the descendants of Ismael the son of Abraham, by a daughter of Modad the Jorhamite. / 4. The Tribe of Koreish. Translated into english immediately from the original arabic. Enriched with numerous explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved commentators and preliminary discourse on the religious and political condition of the Arabs before the Time of Mohammed. A new Edition, with a Memoir of the Translator, a valuable introductory notice, many illustrative Notes and Various Readings from Savary's Version of the Koran. London, William Tegg, 1869. 8°. Folded Frontispiece Illustration with original tissue-guard, XI, 516 pages including Index. Original Hardcover. Green cloth withgilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Beautifully, professionally rebacked with basically no trace of the repair. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Text very clean. Binding firm. New endpapers. Bound with original endpapers. The very rare and often missing plan of the Beit Allah or Mosque at Mecca in excellent condition ! George Sale (1697, Canterbury, Kent, England - 1736, London, England) was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Qur'an into English. He was also author of The General Dictionary, in ten volumes, folio. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and in 1720 became a student of the Inner Temple. It is known that he trained as a solicitor in his early years but took time off from his legal pursuits, returning at need to his profession. Sale was an early member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Sal..