De religione Mohammedica libri duo.

8vo: [60]-272-[42] pp.

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.

2nd enlarged ed. (1st 1705) of a scholarly study of Islam by the Utrecht oriental scholar Relandus (1676-1718), based on manuscripts from his own collection. On pp. 1-120 "Compendium theologiae Mohammedicae Arabice et Latine" (ed. of Arabic texts, with a Latin trsl.). Engr. ill.: full-page portrait of Relandus by B. Bernaerts, front. by Bernarts [!] after J. Goeree, 4 folding engravings (the genealogy of Muhammed, Muslims at prayer, a view of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and a large view of Mecca) and 1 sm. ill. on title and 1 in-text. Title in red and black. Texts in Latin and Arabic, with passages in Hebrew.
Ref. STCN (i.a. BL). - Cp. Atabey 1024 (French ed.). - Not in Blackmer.
Prov. Stamp and note on front flyleaf.