It is the first copy to appear for auction in over ten years. Having last been purchased in 1948 for 15,000 GBP, or $25,727, it sold earlier today for a record 1,082,500 GBP ($1,823,363). ABOUT ...

The English copy presented to LancasterHistory is the third translated edition. It has 18 chapters with 288 pages; the original Quran has 144 chapters with 80,000 pages.