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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. MARRACCI, Ludovico (editor). Alcorani Textus Universus [Refutatio Alcorani. Typographia Seminaria, Padova, 1698. Two volumes bound as one. This monumental work, published in Padua in 1698, comprises two folio volumes presenting the Qur'an in Arabic alongside a Latin translation, with woodcut ornaments and end-pieces. Bound in contemporary vellum with some splitting to upper hinge. Signature to Title of Hamburg orientalist (1719)The Alcorani textus universus by Ludovico Marracci (1612-1700) was published in Padua in 1698. Of all the complete translations of the Quran into Latin that have survived, it is the only one that presents the vocalized Arabic text in addition to the translation. The book is divided into two volumes: the Prodromus ad refutationem Alcorani, including an extended biography of Muhammad. The second volume, Marracci includes the Arabic text of the Quran and the Latin translation, as well as annotations and refutations. In order to acquire a more exhaustive knowledge of the Quranic text, Marracci made use of other Islamic sources. According to scholars, Marracci s Alcorani textus universus is the most significant work of translation of the Quran produced in the European Early Modern Age. No other translation of the text of the Quran attained such philological accuracy, nor did anyone base their work on such a broad collection of Islamic commentaries. Evidently, the main goal was polemical: Marracci was #$rmly convinced that he was working on a tool aimed at helping Christian intellectuals in the refutation of the Islamic doctrines. Despite this clear objective, the Alcorani textus universus still represented a milestone for Christian and European Orientalists in the following century. It was widely quoted at least until the mid-nineteenth century.…

Folio. 2 vols. 428; 856 pp. Contemporary carta rustica binding with handwritten Italian spine labels. The first scholarly printed Quran, prepared by the Catholic scholar Ludovico Marracci, offering a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first accurate Latin translation. The edition includes extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries, as well as Marracci's extensive "refutations" of each surah. Each surah is given first in Arabic, then in Latin translation, followed by notes and the "refutation". The entire first volume is taken up with preliminary matter, including a 24-page life of the Prophet (one of the first detailed biographies ever published, and again more accurate than its predecessors), an eight-page profession of faith with the Arabic and Latin in parallel columns, and additional commentaries and introductory matter. - While the fact that this edition was produced as an attempt to refute the tenets of Islam understandably has led Islamic scholars to dismiss it, both the Arabic text and its Latin translation were actually far superior to all previous attempts, remaining without serious rival until the Leipzig edition of 1834. Also, the commentaries made a great body of Islamic scholarship available to a European audience for the first time; both the Arabic and the Latin text influenced nearly every edition for the next 150 years. A recent study by Omar A. Sheikh Al-Shabab concludes that "impressionistic and sketchy views [.], evoked by Marracci's anti-Muslim sentiments and arguments, have overshadowed his painstaking linguistic achievement [.] The most striking aspect of Marracci's translation of the Quran is the fact that, contrary to the general belief [in the Islamic world], [.] it is 'faithful' to the original [.] In Marracci's translation exactitude is vehemently pursued and a high percentage of it is attained". In addition, Marracci's "refutation" of the Quran forms an essential source for any study of European and Christian attitudes toward Islam. - The theologian Ludovico Marracci (1612-1700) had studied oriental languages extensively, and Pope Clement VII appointed him professor of Arabic at the Sapienza College and the College of the Propaganda Fide in Rome. His edition of the Qur'an came at a time of renewed fear of the Ottoman Empire in the late 17th century, following the second siege of Vienna, which also reinvigorated interest in Islamic studies. - The first Latin edition of the Qur'an had appeared at Basel in 1543 but was based on an extremely inaccurate translation prepared in the 12th century. André du Ryer's French version, published in Paris in 1647, was certainly better, but still "left considerable room for improvement" (Hamilton 29). In 1694, the Reformed theologian and orientalist Abraham Hinckelmann published an Arabic Qur'an in Hamburg (Hamilton 33), the second edition of the complete Arabic text (the only known copy of the first edition, printed in Venice in 1537/38, was not rediscovered until the 1980s). This present third and "much more scholarly edition" (Hamilton) was inspired both by Christian fears of Islam and, in the wake of Hinckelmann's edition, also by Catholic fears that Protestants might determine European views of Islam. - As a piece of book production, Marracci's Qur'an was a mammoth undertaking, comprising nearly 1,300 pages and demanding extraordinary typographic resources. His notes drew extensively on the Islamic commentaries by al-Baydawi, al-Suyuti, al-Tha'labi, al-Bukhari, al-Hamdani, Ibn Taymiyya, al-Zamakhshari, Abu 'l-Fida and others. The present publication made much of this material available for the first time to Christian Europe, greatly advancing Western knowledge of Islam. - Binding slightly worn and dust-stained with a small hole in the lower cover of vol. 2. Some dampstaining throughout, chiefly confined to margins; slight paper flaws to first and last leaves of both volumes. - Late 18th century bookplate with initals "G. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Alcorani Textus Universus: Ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus, eademque fide, ac pari diligentia ex arabico idiomate in Latinum translatus ; appositis unicuique capiti notis, atque refutatione. Typographia Seminarii 1698. RARE COMPLETE copy.Arabic & Latin text. Vol. I of II only, four parts in one, original blanks at front and rear text in Latin and Arabic, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces [4] 45 pp. [5], 46 pp, [2] 81 pp, [3] 94 pp [10], 126 pp[20], period half calf rebacked, corners repaired, general light wear and rubbing to extremities. Damp stain to first four leaves at gutter, and smaller, marginal damp stain to foot last few leaves. Folio 32 x 23 cms., Padua, Padova Patavvii 1698. The first scholarly printed Quran, edited by Ludovico Marracci, with a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first accurate Latin translation, also including extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries.More photographs on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes bound as 1. Folio (35.5 x 25 cm). With 2 title-pages, 1 primary and 4 secondary divisional titles in volume 1, more than a dozen woodcut head- and tailpieces (plus numerous repeats) and dozens of woodcut decorated initials (about 9 series) plus numerous repeats. Set in roman, italic and Arabic types (3 sizes of Arabic) with incidental Greek and Hebrew. [5], [1 blank], 45, [2], [1 blank], 46, [2], 81, [3], 94, [10], 126, [3] [1 blank] [13], [1 blank]; [8], 17, [3], "838" [= 836], [11], [1 blank] pp. The first scholarly printed Quran, prepared by the anti-Islamic Catholic Ludovico Marracci, with a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first accurate Latin translation, also including extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries, as well as the editor's extensive "refutations" of each sura. Each sura is given first in Arabic, then in Latin translation, followed by notes and then the refutation. The entire first volume of about 430 pages is taken up with preliminary matter, including a 24-page life of Muhammad (one of the first detailed biographies ever printed and again more accurate than its predecessors), an 8-page profession of faith with the Arabic and Latin in parallel columns, and additional commentaries and introductory matter. The fact that this edition was produced explicitly as an attempt to refute the views of Islam has naturally led Islamic scholars to dismiss it, but both the Arabic text and the Latin translation were far better than any previously printed and had no serious rival until the Leipzig edition of 1834. Ships from U.A.E.…

2 volumes bound as 1. The first scholarly printed Quran, prepared by the anti-Islamic Catholic Ludovico Marracci, with a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first accurate Latin translation, also including extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries, as well as the editor's extensive "refutations" of each sutra. Each sura is given first in Arabic, then in Latin translation, followed by notes and then the refutation. The entire first volume of about 430 pages is taken up with preliminary matter, including a 24-page life of Muhammad (one of the first detailed biographies ever printed and again more accurate than its predecessors), an 8-page profession of faith with the Arabic and Latin in parallel columns, and additional commentaries and introductory matter. The fact that this edition was produced explicitly as an attempt to refute the views of Islam has naturally led Islamic scholars to dismiss it, but both the Arabic text and the Latin translation were far better than any previously printed and had no serious rival until the Leipzig edition of 1834. The commentaries also made a great deal of Islamic scholarship available to a European audience for the first time and both the Arabic and the Latin text influenced nearly every edition for the next 150 years.With two bookplates and an occasional early manuscript note and a few letters or numbers inscribed in the foot margin of one leaf. With a tear running into the text of one leaf, repaired, but otherwise in very good condition. With generous margins. The boards are slightly bowed and there is a small tear repaired at the foot of the spine. A ground-breaking work of Quranic scholarship, a valuable source for the study of the Quran and an essential source for European views of Islam.l Cat. Bibl. A.-R. Courbonne, dont la vent . 1er février 1842, 30 (this copy); A. Hamilton, Europe and the Arab world 34; Schnurrer 377; O. A. Sheikh Al-Shabab, "The place of Marracci's Latin translation of the Holy Quran: .", in: Journal of King Saud University: language & tanslation, 13 (2001), pp. 57-74; USTC 1736471/1737617/1748538; not in Atabey; Blackmer; Philologia orientalis (but cited in 225g, 360a, 380b, 381c). Blind-tooled vellum (ca. 1800?), reusing and retooling vellum from a slightly earlier blind-tooled binding, sewn on 6 double cords, each board with a large scrollwork centrepiece (over traces of the old one) in a panel design made of fillets and corner pieces, with the title finely lettered in pen and ink in the 2nd of 7 compartments (the old title still faintly visible underneath it, and the old volume number "VIII" faintly visible in the 3rd compartment). With 2 title pages, 1 primary and 4 secondary divisional titles in volume 1, more than a dozen woodcut head- and tailpieces (plus numerous repeats) and dozens of woodcut decorated initials (about 9 series) plus numerous repeats. Set in roman, italic and Arabic types (3 sizes of Arabic) with incidental Greek and Hebrew. Pages: [5], [1 blank], 45, [2], [1 blank], 46, [2], 81, [3], 94, [10], 126, [3] [1 blank] [13], [1 blank]; [8], 17, [3], "838" [= 836], [11], [1 blank] pp.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Patavii [ PADOUE / PADOVA ] . Ex Typographia Seminarii . 1698 . EDITION ORIGINALE . Un grand volume in-folio , 23 x 32,5 cm , reliure postérieure , demi vélin à pieces de titre & de tomaison cuir . De 8 pages , 838 pages du CORAN en ARABE , avec en regard la traduction en LATIN . Les 11 pages d'INDEX qui MANQUENT ont probablement été reliées à la fin du tome I . Ce tome II forme un tout avec le CORAN en ENTIER . Il compte deux fois plus de pages que le tome I . UN OUVRAGE de 1698 PROCHE de l'ÈTAT de NEUF , sans aucune inscription , sans rousseur . RARISSIME dans cet etat de fraicheur .…

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one. Folio (34 x 24 cm). 45+[4]+46+[2]+81+[3]+94+[9]+126+[2]+[14]; 17+[3]+838 [but 836, pagination error 442-443]+[11, index]. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges. Text in Latin and Arabic. Decorative engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces throughout. Provenance: Old inscription of orientalist Petrus Theodorus of the Hamburg Gymnasium to title-page dated 1719; stamp to verso of title; labels of the Chicago Theological Seminary to front pastedown and to spine. Some soiling to vellum and top edge, small split to upper joint skilfully repaired, contents clean and unmarked, generally a very good example of this monumental work. THE FIRST PRINTED QUR'AN WITH A PRECISE ARABIC TEXT & THE FIRST ACCURATE LATIN TRANSLATION WIDELY ANNOTATED AFTER ISLAMIC COMMENTARIES The first scholarly printed Qu'ran, prepared by Ludovico Marracci (1612-1700), an Italian Catholic priest and learned Orientalist, also professor of Arabic at the College of Wisdom at Rome. In 1645, he contributed to the translation of the Bible into Arabic, completed in 1650, while at the same time working on the Latin translation of the Qur'an, eventually published in 1698. Marracci's Qu'ran contained a far more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed as well as the first accurate Latin translation, also including extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries, as well as the editor's extensive "refutations" of each sura. Each sura is given first in Arabic, then in Latin translation, followed by notes and then the refutation. The entire first volume of about 430 pages is taken up with preliminary matter, including a 24-page life of the Prophet Muhammad (one of the first detailed biographies ever printed and again more accurate than its predecessors), an 8-page profession of faith with the Arabic and Latin in parallel columns, and additional commentaries and introductory matter. This massive work, intended for missionaries in Muslim lands, was to enable them to refute point by point the possible objections of their Muslim opponents; the work is presented under the double and singular aspect of a commented translation of the Sacred Text of Islam and of its total questioning. The fact that this edition was produced explicitly as an attempt to refute the views of Islam has naturally led Islamic scholars to dismiss it, but both the Arabic text and the Latin translation were far better than any previously printed and had no serious rival until the Leipzig edition of 1834. The commentaries also made a great deal of Islamic scholarship available to a European audience for the first time and both the Arabic and the Latin text influenced nearly every edition for the next 150 years. In his bibliography, Brunet states of this work: 'Edition très recherché et dont les exemplaires sont peu commun' ('Highly sought-after edition whose copies are uncommon'). (Graesse IV, pp41-42 Brunet III, 1307 Schnurrer 377 N. Daniel, Islam et Occident 379 Moubarac, Recherches 137 sq. Enay 151 Larzul, Le goût de l'Orient, p.160).…

FIRST EDITION. Second volume only (of two), this volume being the entire Qur'an in Arabic, with commentary in Latin. Folio (34.5 x 22.5 cm). pp.17+[3]+838 [but 836, pagination error 442-443]+[11, index]. Later drab cloth, spine with raised bands, one compartment lettered in gilt, pale blue endpapers. Text in Latin and Arabic. Decorative engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces throughout. Worming to upper margins of last 30 leaves (17 of which have crude tape repairs), some neat pencilled annotations in Arabic, binding a bit rubbed The first scholarly printed Qu'ran, prepared Ludovico Marracci (1612-1700), an Italian Catholic priest and learned Orientalist, also professor of Arabic at the College of Wisdom at Rome. In 1645, he contributed to the translation of the Bible into Arabic, completed in 1650, while at the same time working on the Latin translation of the Qur'an, eventually published in 1698. Marracci's Qu'ran contained a far more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed as well as the first accurate Latin translation, also including extensive notes based on the Islamic commentaries, as well as the editor's extensive "refutations" of each sutra. Each sura is given first in Arabic, then in Latin translation, followed by notes and then the refutation. The entire first volume (not present here) of about 430 pages is taken up with preliminary matter, including a 24-page life of the Prophet Muhammad (one of the first detailed biographies ever printed and again more accurate than its predecessors), an 8-page profession of faith with the Arabic and Latin in parallel columns, and additional commentaries and introductory matter. This massive work, intended for missionaries in Muslim lands, was to enable them to refute point by point the possible objections of their Muslim opponents; the work is presented under the double and singular aspect of a commented translation of the Sacred Text of Islam and of its total questioning. The fact that this edition was produced explicitly as an attempt to refute the views of Islam has naturally led Islamic scholars to dismiss it, but both the Arabic text and the Latin translation were far better than any previously printed and had no serious rival until the Leipzig edition of 1834. The commentaries also made a great deal of Islamic scholarship available to a European audience for the first time and both the Arabic and the Latin text influenced nearly every edition for the next 150 years. In his bibliography, Brunet states of this work: 'Edition très recherché et dont les exemplaires sont peu commun' ('Highly sought-after edition whose copies are uncommon'). (Graesse IV, pp41-42 Brunet III, 1307 Schnurrer 377 N. Daniel, Islam et Occident 379 Moubarac, Recherches 137 sq. Enay 151 Larzul, Le goût de l'Orient, p.160).…

2 nd. edition. The complete first volume of II volumes. Folio Title page [1 nn. page], 45 pages, [2 nn. pages], 46 pages, [1 nn. page] 81 pages., [3 nn. pages], 94 pages, [5 nn. leaves], 126 pages., [1nn. page Appendix and 8 nn. pages INDEX] Contemporary vellum. Good condition. The rare first volume contains a biography / detailed description the life of Muhammed / Mahumet (24 pages), a resumee of the principal thoughts of the Islam with several sources based on islamic teachers and it contains as well the "refutations" of each sutra, given first in Arabic, followed in Latin translation. A ground-breaking work of Quranic scholarship, a valuable source for the study of the Quran and an essential source for European views of Islam. Der erste Band, Prodromus ad refutationem Alcorani erschien 1691 in der Druckerei der Propaganda Fide und enthält neben einer Darstellung des Lebens des Propheten Mohammed eine Zusammenfassung der Grundlehren des Islam mit zahlreichen Quellenverweisen auf islamische Theologen und Gelehrte. Marracci vertritt in seinen Darlegungen u.a. die für heutige Leser befremdliche Ansicht, dass die Lehren Mohammeds und Luthers sich nicht allzu sehr voneinander unterschieden. Der zweite Band, Refutatio alcorani, erschien 1698 in Padua und ist Kaiser Leopold I gewidmet. Sprache: latein.…

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