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BOULAINVILLIERS, Henri (Comte de).

The Life of Mahomet.

The Life of Mahomet.

Translated from the French original, written by the Count of Boulainvilliers.

Stock Code 121809

London, Printed for T. Longman, and C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster-Row, and J. and J. Rivington, in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1752.

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An early edition in English of the historian Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722) life of the Prophet Muhammad.

12mo (17 x 10.5 cm); woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, slight offsetting to margins of title and endpapers; contemporary sprinkled calf, covers ruled in gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, sprinkled edges, joints and extremities a little rubbed; [2], iv, 294pp.

ESTC T110647.

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