Qur'an, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French; by the Sieur du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, first octavo edition of the first English language version, woodcut head-pieces, final f. blank, some mostly marginal water-staining at foot towards end, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, later pastedowns, contemporary blind-ruled calf sympathetically laid down onto a modern black calf binding, original leather with loss in places (especially backstrip) and rubbed and scuffed, [Wing K747A], 8vo, no printer, 1649.

⁂ The first octavo edition of the first English language version of the Qur'an, also first published the same year in quarto. "A needful caveat or admonition" (caption title on p. 406) is by Alexander Ross (Scottish cleric, orientalist and chaplain to Charles I), to whom this translation is sometimes attributed. There is no signature O, as issued.