1 / 3
an old drawing of a group of people standing in front of a buildingan old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surfacean old book with a picture of a globe on it
Maître Paul PASTAUD

307 - DU RYER (André). The Koran of Muhammad. The Hague, Adrian Mo…
See original version (French)

Estimate €180 - €200
Sale commission
Description
DU RYER (André). The Koran of Muhammad. The Hague, Adrian Moetjens, 1683. Small 12mo, (5) folios, 486-(4) pages; havana calfskin, decorated raised spine, decorated edges, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. A new edition of the translation by André Du Ryer, a diplomat in Constantinople, French consul in Alexandria, and subsequently Louis XIII’s secretary-interpreter for Oriental languages. Published in 1647, his translation of the Qur’an was the first into French. Du Ryer was fluent in Turkish and Arabic and spent most of his life on extended journeys, undertaken probably in the interests of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, of which he was a knight. A fine copy. Ex-libris bearing the coat of arms of Henry Standish.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
Auction location
Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like