[Islam] Reland, (A.). La religion des Mahometans,

exposée par leurs propres docteurs, aves des eclaicissemens sur les opinions qu'on leur a faussement attribuées. Tiré du Latin (...) et augmenté d'une confession de foi Mahometane, qui n'avoit point encore paru. French transl. by D. Durand. The Hague, I. Vaillant, 1721, CCVII (introd. of translator and author),(1),317 p., w. engr. frontisp. by J. Goeree and 4 plates (3x fold.), 1 fold. letterpress table, cont. calf w. later elements. A few quires loosening, bookblock broken. Covers loose, spine dam.

Provenance: From the library of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827-1899), w. his bookplate on upper pastedown and gilt coat of arms w. motto "Avito Viret Honore" on front cover. The first French edition of this important early work on Islam based on Islamic sources, by the Dutch Orientalist Adrian Reland (1676-1718). The Latin original was published in 1705.