Title

Le Koran

Full title

Le Koran. Traduction Nouvelle Faite sur le Texte Arabe Par M. Kasimirski, Interprète de la légation française en Perse; Revue et Précedée d'une introduction Par M. G. Pauthier

Short Title

Le Koran (1840)

Title in English

The Qurʾān. New Translation made on the Arabic Text by M. Kasimirski, Interpreter of the French legation in Persia. Reviewed and preceded by an Introduction by M. G. Pauthier.

Printer

Charpentier, Libraire-éditeur, 29, RUE DE SEINE.

Released place

Paris

Released date

1840

Author

Albin de Kazimirski Biberstein, Guillaume Pauthier

Language

601

Qur'an

Translation

Qur'an structure

Suras

All

Pages

xiv; [ii]; 576

Further notes

Paratext: Before main text of the Qurʾān: "Préface".

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Ziad Elmarsafy, "Translations of the Qurʾān into Western Languages", Religion Compass, 3/3 (2009), pp. 430-439, especially on p. 434; Sylvette Larzul, "Les premières traductions françaises du Coran (XVVIIe-XIXe siècles)", Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 147 (juillet-septembre 2009), pp. 147-165.

Individuals

Albin de Kazimirski Biberstein (Translator), Guillaume Pauthier (Author of the preface)

Descriptive card

This is a French translation of the Qurʾān by Albin de Kazimirski Biberstein, a French orientalist of Polish origin. The translation of the Qurʾān is preceded by an introductory essay by Guillaume Pauthier.

Entry author

Kentaro Inagaki