Claude-Étienne Savary (1750 in

Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine Vitré (; br, Gwitreg; gallo ''Vitræ'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Vitré, a sub-prefecture until 1926, is the seat of a canton of 17,798 inhabitants (2015). It lies on the edge of Br ...

– 1788) was an orientalist, pioneer of Egyptology and translator of the

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Publications

*1782–1783: ''Le Coran, traduit de l'arabe, accompagné de notes, et précédé d'un abrégé de la vie de Mahomet, tiré des écrivains orientaux les plus estimés'', Paris, Amsterdam,

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, etc. chez les libraires associés. *1784: ''Morale de Mahomet, ou Recueil des plus pures maximes du

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

'', Goldschnitt, Paris, chez Lamy, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, Dresden, chez les Frères Walther, 1786 ; anthologie de passages du Coran compatibles avec la morale naturelle ; *1788: ''Lettres sur la Grèce, faisant suite de celles de l'Égypte'', Onfroy, Paris. Relation de voyage partant d'Alexandrie et concernant surtout les îles de Rhodes, Candie et la Crète. * 1785–1786: ''Lettres sur l'Égypte, où l'on offre le parallèle des mœurs anciennes & modernes de ses habitans, où l'on décrit l'état, le commerce, l'agriculture, le gouvernement, l'ancienne religion du pays, & la descente de S. Louis à

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, tirée de Joinville & des Auteurs Arabes''. 1re édition, Onfroy, Paris. 2e édition, Amsterdam, Leyde, Rotterdam and Utrecht, 1787, 3e édition, Bleuet, 1798. The first two volumes are the account of his journey; the last is devoted to the study of religion and mythology, from the Arabic texts. These letters, addressed to his friend Lemonnier, first had a tremendous vogue and all newspapers gave them the highest praise; *1813: ''Grammaire de la langue arabe vulgaire et littérale''; posthumous work extended with some Arab tales by the publisher, Paris, de l'Imprimerie Impériale. 1750 births 1788 deaths People from Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine French orientalists French travel writers French Egyptologists Translators of the Quran into French French male non-fiction writers 18th-century translators {{France-academic-bio-stub