RELAND, Hadrian or Adrian. - Lot 152

RELAND, Hadrian or Adrian. De Religione Mohammedica libri duo. Utrecht, Gulielmus Broedelet, 1717. [With] HONERT, T.H. van den. Theologia naturalis et revelata per aphorismos delineata... Amsterdam, Wetstenios, 1715. Two works in a small in-12 volume. [56]-272-[42 of index] pp. with title in red and black, bust-engraved portrait of the author engraved frontispiece title, engraved letterpress mark on title, 4 folding black etchings in black, one of which in small folio format, an in-text woodcut figure woodcut, printed Arabic characters. and [24]-303-[1] pp. with title in red and black. Contemporary havana calf, spine decorated with gilt flowered boxes, havana gilt title, boards with central gilt and crowned monogram, red speckled edges (corners restored, boards and spine rubbed, small tear a small tear without missing a plate, upper jaw slightly worn and inner inside a little loose between the 2 parts, slight oxidation, ownership marks scratched ownership marks on title). Second, enlarged and illustrated edition of Reland's work, illustrated with the etched portrait of the author, an additional title-frontispiece engraved by engraved by Bernaerts and 4 large folding engraved plates, including the first Western depiction of the Kaaba and Mecca, "Templum Meccanum" (33 x 55.5 cm), which was subsequently copied and imitated. At the time only written or oral testimonies were known at the time. With a "genealogy of Mohammed" and a view of the Saint Sophia Mosque in of Constantinople. Finely executed, they are the work of J. Goeree and engraved by Bernarts. Bilingual (Arabic-Latin) history of Islam. The first part, Compendium theologiae Mohammedicae (in Latin and Arabic), is the work of Mukhtasar translated for the first time in the West. The second part contains the treatise by Dutch scholar and philologist Reland (1676-1718), De Religione Mohammedica libri II (many passages printed in Arabic), pp.128-272-. (42). The original, published in 1705, is less accomplished and less sought-after. "At a time when most studies of Islam were polemical and aimed at aimed at vilifying its doctrines, Reland's work was distinguished by his efforts to efforts to present Islamic beliefs objectively". Provenance: binding with interlacing on palms and crown, unidentified. Ex-libris E. Nalduck, 19th century, printed on silver paper, pasted on the first ex libris on title page. Old bibliographical note in ink on the 2nd endpaper. [Arab world]. [Islam].