Lot 631
D. F. Megerlin, Die türkische Bibel, oder des Korans allererste teutsche Uebersetzung. Frankfurt 1772.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
631
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Artist:
David Friedrich Megerlin
Megerlin, David Friedrich: Die türkische Bibel, oder des Korans allererste teutsche Uebersetzung aus der Arabischen Urschrift. Frankfurt am Main: J. G. Garbe 1772. 17,3 x 10,2 cm. 874 (of 876) pp. Paperback.
(Worn and slightly tattered. The portrait, which is usually bound in before the title page, is missing. Slightly browned and showing signs of age.)
Graesse IV, 44. VD18 10536280. - The only edition of this first German translation from the original Arabic text. Earlier German versions are based on translations into other European languages. - The translation of the Qur’an by David Friedrich Megerlin (1699–1778), a Protestant theologian and scholar of classical philology, was described in the literary journal ‘Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen’ as a “miserable production”; nevertheless, Goethe is said to have made frequent use of this very translation.
(Worn and slightly tattered. The portrait, which is usually bound in before the title page, is missing. Slightly browned and showing signs of age.)
Graesse IV, 44. VD18 10536280. - The only edition of this first German translation from the original Arabic text. Earlier German versions are based on translations into other European languages. - The translation of the Qur’an by David Friedrich Megerlin (1699–1778), a Protestant theologian and scholar of classical philology, was described in the literary journal ‘Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen’ as a “miserable production”; nevertheless, Goethe is said to have made frequent use of this very translation.