Andre Du Ryer And Oriental Studies In Seventeenth-Century France

After reconstructing his diplomatic career and his life after his return to France, the authors assess Andre Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studi... » 

After reconstructing his diplomatic career and his life after his return to France, the authors assess Andre Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studies, his influential translation of the Quran, and his manuscript collection. He emerges as an important and influential figure whose significance has never previously been appreciated. «