Adriaan RELAND [Adriaan REELAND]
La Religion des Mahométans, exposée par leurs propres docteurs, avec des éclaircissemens sur les opinions qu'on leur a faussement attribuées. Tiré du Latin (...), et augmenté d'une confession de foi mahométane, qui n'avoit point encore paru
[The Religion of the Mohammedans, as Set Forth by Themselves]
Isaac Vaillant|The Hague 1721|9.5 x 16.3 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation by David Durand, illustrated with 5 plates (4 folding), including a genealogical chart (cf. Brunet IV, 1203. Hage Chahine, 3949).
Contemporary full stiff vellum, spine with five raised bands, lower joint split, black morocco lettering-piece, bumped corners.
Some inevitable soiling due to the binding, light foxing to initial and final leaves, ff. 107–108 and 109–110 restored and trimmed short.
The De Religione Mohammedica was first published in 1705, and reissued in 1717 in an expanded edition.
The Dutch orientalist Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) pursued a broad range of scholarly interests, but this presentation of the Muslim religion—based on authentic Islamic sources—is considered his most important work.
€1,000