First edition in French. Octavo. Bound in contemporary continental calf, red morocco title label to spine, gilt decoration to compartments. Engraved frontispiece, folding genealogy, large folding plan of Mecca, folding plate of Hagia Sophia, and a folding plate showing Muslims praying.
A very good copy, binding a little rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown, “Trad pour David Durand” written to front free endpaper.
The first edition in French of Reland’s De Religione Mohammedica, originally printed in Latin in 1705.
Les Religion Des Mahometans
Author
Adriaan Reland
Publisher
The Hague: Isaac Vaillant
Date
1721