186 - [Arabia]. MARRACCI, Lodovico

[Arabia]. MARRACCI, Lodovico [The complete text of the Qur'an, transcribed from the most accurate Arabic manuscripts... and translated into Latin]. ARABIC-LATIN QUR'AN. Patavii (Padua), from the Seminary Press, 1698. Two volumes, the first in 4 parts, bound in a sturdy folio volume. Contemporary brown calfskin (spine broken and exposed, covers worn and one detached, some folios loose; title page and 6 folios at the end of the first part are missing; water damage in the bottom margin at the beginning of the volume, then sporadic, with holes in the first 5 folios). An important, scholarly, and complete first edition of the Qur’an in Arabic and Latin. “A highly sought-after edition, copies of which are rare” (Brunet III, 1307). This is the magnum opus of the Italian orientalist Lodovico Marracci (1612–1700), a Regular Cleric of the Mother of God who held several positions at the Roman Curia and taught Arabic at Sapienza University from 1656 to 1699. The work consists of two parts. The first, titled *Prodromus a refutationem Alcorani*, is a resource for Christian scholars intended to critique the text of the Qur’an. It had already been published by the Propaganda Fide in Rome in 1691. The second part, appearing here for the first time, titled *Refutation Alcorani* and preceded by a separate title page, contains the complete text in vocalized Arabic along with its Latin translation and notes. Collation: [1 (of 2)] f., 45 p., [2] f., 46 p., [8] f., 81 p., [1] f., 94 p., [5] f., 126 p., [2 (of 8)] f.; [4] f., 17 p., [1] f., 838 p., [6] f. Notes indicating sections previously added in ink on the running titles; rare marginal annotations.