QURAN, ABRAHAM HINCKELMANN (1652-1695, RED). Al Coranus Sive Lex Islamatica Muhammedis, Hamburg 1694.
Filii Abdallae Pseudoprophetae, ad optimorum Condicum fidem edita ex Museo
Abrahami Hinckelmanni, D. Hamburgi, Ex Officina Schultzio-Schilleriana. Anno 1694.
Latin half-title, woodcut Arabic title, Latin title in red and black, Sententia leaf. Preface in Latin, text in vocalised Arabic.
Contemporary full binding in vellum.
Wear, stains, writing in ink.
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Traditionally regarded as the first printed edition of the Arabic text, now however recognised as the second.
Abraham Hinckelmann, a German Protestant theologian, was an Islamologist who was the first to print a complete Qur'an in Hamburg.
