Ɵ SALE, George. The Koran. first edition of Sale's translation, single volume, folding engraved map, one folding plate (of Mecca) and 3 genealogical tables (all folding, 2 are pasted together), contemporary calf, 4to., 1734. The first edition of Sale's translation from Arabic into English of the Koran, to which he added an extended 'preliminary discourse', which comprised a compendium of all that was known about the religion of Islam at that time.(Qty. 1)