[Koran/Religion] The Koran, traduit de l'arabe, accompaniment of notes, and preceded by an abrégé de la vie de Mahomet… par M. Savary. In Paris, Knapen 1783

Format in-8°, mm. 205x130, pp. xvi, (4),248, 270 + (4), 464, (8). Elegant contemporary full leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Red edges of the leaves. Endpapers in fine marbled paper. Excellent copy with slight foxing and light browning on the leaves. Small losses and peeling on the spines and a defect on the front hinge of vol. 2. Drop caps and tailpieces in the text. Old edition printed in Paris in 1783, first 2 volumes (of 6) of the translation of the Koran from Arabic to French by the orientalist and translator Claude-Étienne Savary (1750-1788), accompanied by notes and preceded by a compendium of the life of Mohammed.