Marracci, Luigi

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

Marracci, Luigi
Refutatio alcorani, in qua ad Mahumetanicae superstitionis radicem securis apponitur; & Mahumetus ipse gladio suo jugulatur... Padua: Seminary Press, 1698
Paper

folio (341 x 228mm.), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, contemporary vellum, small stain on M1, S6 frayed in gutter, foor of 4A4 excised, binding slightly soiled

Provenance

Capuchins of Verona, inscription on title-page and stamp on +2, Zz5v and final verso

Catalogue Note

This is the companion volume to Marracci's translation of the Koran, published the same year, containing a commentary on and refutation of each Sura.