Folio. 214 pp., [1], with illustrated double title page and decorations after old manuscripts by Lazarus Goldschmidt, double column per page, text within red, grey & green borders, designs of the title, the mouldings and the cuttings for the delicate-motifs are by Lazarus Goldschmidt, original gilt decorated boards, lightly stained, spine restored, back cover slightly rubbed, otherwise copy inside in mint condition, Brandussche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, 1916.

Synopsis

The most beautiful German Qur’an edition of the 20th century. LIMITED EDITION to 200 copies of which this is No. 192.
Lazarus Goldschmidt (1871-1950) was a German writer and translator and was the first to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud into German. “He finished his literal translation from the original text only in the course of 1916 as he mentioned on his title page. Martin Brandus had the book printed first in a deluxe edition in 1917. All pages printed on India paper, the two opening pages were printed on thick paper”. See Enya: 121, 122, 123, and 124 for different edition.