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Michel BAUDIER Islam. BAUDIER. Histoire generale de la religion des Turcs. A classic description of Islam. BAUDIER, Michel. Histoire generale de la religion des Turcs. Avec la naissance, la vie, & la mort, de leur prophete Mahomet; et les actions des quatre premiers caliphes qui l'ont suivy. Paris, Jean Guignard, 1632. 8vo. With the controversial half-page engraved portrait of Muhammad, woodcut headpieces and decorated initials (several series). [70], [2 blank], 726, [50] pp. 17th-century(?) slightly overlapping vellum, sewn on 4 cords (not sewn on the vellum tapes, laced through the joints), with a hollow back, red sprinkled edges, manuscript spine title, later endpapers. Bottom of title-page restored, covering a fraction of a millimetre of the date in the imprint, and a small corner torn off, another corner torn from leaf K3, just touching the text. Further some thumbing, several wormholes and a few water stains. Still a good copy of a classic description of Islam.