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Italian: The first in a modern European language was in Italian by Andrea Arrivabene (published 1547). It was used for the first German translation. German: The first German trans. was made by Solomon Schweigger (printed in Nurenberg in 1616) and formed the basis of the first in Dutch (Hamburg 1641). French: Andre du Ryer, a Frenchman who lived in Istanbul and Egypt for some time, made a direct trans. from Arabic, published in Paris in 1647.

Reprinted many times, it formed the basis of many European translations. English: The first trans. was made by Alexander Ross (first printed in London 1648) on the basis of du Ryer's in French. The oldest printed trans. In English recorded in the IRCICA bibliography is a 61 page selection (London 1515). George Sale's was the first to be made from Arabic and was published in London in 1734. It became a source on which many other trans. were based. Previous…