Koran

2003 · LV2714 — Torino:: Istituto Geografico de Agostini 2003. 2003. Two volumes. Folios. 8 297 7 pp.; 16 pp. 316 ff. Color frontispiece color decorative borders throughout. Original Arabic text with facing translation into Italian. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped maroon full-grain brown Florentine leather handcrafted with natural tanning housed in a linen gilt-stamped cloth marron calf applied to top & bottom of case. Near fine. Scarce on the market. Limited edition of 2999 numbered copies this is #2176. The Qur'an edited by Mandel with historical and philological notes in Italian. / Mandel was an Italian Islamic scholar psychologist writer and artist of Afghan descent. He was a professor of history and art at the University of Milan. He was a member of the Academy of Islam in Cambridge and a founding member of the Islamic University of Cordoba now closed. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY. Istituto Geografico de Agostini, 2003. hardcover