FOUR TREATISES CONCERNING THE DOCTRINE, DISCIPLINE AND WORSHIP OF THE MAHOMETANS: VIZ. I. AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE MAHOMETAN RELIGION: TRANSLATED OUT OF ARABICK INTO LATIN BY H. RELAND, AND FROM THENCE INTO ENGLISH. II. A DEFENCE OF THE MAHOMETANS FROM SEVERAL CHARGES FALSLY LAID AGAINST THEM BY CHRISTIANS: WRITTEN IN LATIN BY H. RELAND, AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. III. A TREATISE OF BOBOVIUS (SOMETIME FIRST INTERPRETER TO MAHOMET IV.) CONCERNING THE LITURGY OF THE TURKS, THEIR PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA, THEIR CIRCUMCISION, VISITATION OF THE SICK, &C. TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN. IV. REFLECTIONS ON MAHOMETANISM AND SOCIANISM, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. TO WHICH IS PREFIX'D, THE LIFE AND ACTIONS OF MAHOMET, EXTRACTED CHIEFLY FROM MAHOMETAN AUTHORS.
London: J. Darby for B. Lintott, 1712. First Edition. Octavo; VG; Bound in brown leather. Rebacked with new spine and green leather title with gilt lettering; Raised bands on spine; Bumping and some chipping to the corners; Scratches to original leather; Binding sturdy; Typical age-toning to the pages. Bookplate and signature of Catholic bishop Charles Walmesley. Life of Mahomet preface 85 pages, Second part: the Four Treatises 254 pages. Shelved in case 4. MS consign.
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