Estimate € 600 - 900
Sold € 550
Auction: 23 May 2018 at 15:30
MARRACCI, Ludovico (1612-1700) - Refutatio Alcorani, in qua ad Mahumetanicae superstitionis radicem securis apponitur. Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, 1698. Second part of the Marracci's translation, monumental work of Koran transmission in the western world and a reference point for later translations and commentaries. Folio (365 x 255mm). Text in Arabic and Latin, with index and elenchus correctionum, woodcut frames, initials and endpieces, omitted in the numeration pages 442-43 (X2 wrongly marked R2, widespread marginal waterstaining, first leaves lightly spotted). Modern cardboard, uncutted (lightly rubbed). Provenance: ex-libris "Prete Carlo Schivalocchi 29".
Estimate € 600 - 900