BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ISABELLE D'ORLÉANS,

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BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ISABELLE D'ORLÉANS,
RYER SEAT. L'alcoran de Mahomet, published in Paris, by Antoine de Sommaville, 1672, in-12° (135x80 mm), contemporary full vellum binding, 486 red pages on edges. Uses of time, as is. This is the first translation of the Koran into French. This book was banned by Vincent de Paul. But despite censorship, it was widely distributed. The translator André du Ryer (1580-1672) had been a diplomatic agent of France at the Sublime Porte. He became King Louis XIII's secretary interpreter for the oriental languages after his return to France around 1630, and Louis XIII sent him on a mission to Persia to resume negotiations with the king in order to obtain the latter's agreement to trade between France and Persia. The Ottoman Sultan Murat IV, who kept a close watch on French-Persian relations, solemnly received André du Ryer in 1632 and returned him to his court, only to send him back to Paris with a friendly letter to the King of France.
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