DU RYER (André). L'Alcoran de Mahomet, translaté d'Arabe en François. [Amsterdam, Jansson], Jouxte la copie imprimée à Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1649. In-12, a counterfeit of the Elzevirian edition published the same year. This text is the first French translation of the Koran, first published in 1647, and served as the basis for all other European translations. Bound in contemporary full vellum, smooth spine titled. Handwritten bookplate Desmé. (creasing has caused small tears in the margin of the title page). Expert: Mr Nicolas Asvisio