first edition [viii], viii, 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1731 · London
by (Muhammad) Boulainvilliers, [Henri de, Comte]
London: for W. Hinchcliffe, 1731. First edition in English. [viii], viii, 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary dark speckled calf. Armorial bookplate of Edward Roger North, Trinity College, Cambridge (Polak sculp.) on pastedown, and ownership signature dated 1773 on title. Head of spine and front board edge rubbed, joints repaired, title leaf washed and remounted. Text otherwise clean and fresh. First edition in English. [viii], viii, 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition in English, published and translated by the poet and bookseller William Hinchliffe (1691-1742) from La vie de Mahomet published the same year at Amsterdam by freethinker Henri de Boulainvilliers (truncated)