Koran or Qu'ran. About 800 printed pages in Arabic. Fine 'India' paper. Lithographed text and marginal decoration within ruled borders. Miniature Koran with richly decorated opening double page frontispiece. Fully vocalized text set in a frame, verse separators, sura headings and section markers in the margins printed in black throughout. Printed at the press of Hans Steinbrener since the early 1900s; with the new millennium, the shop closed down and ceased production. Complete with original matching magnifier attached by a silk woven thread. Original black and gilt patterned endpapers. Near contemporary ink inscription on rear free emdpaper in German, and dated Eid 5.6.1945. 24 x 34 mm. Original tortoise-shell binding with brass clasp and catch; rounded corners; green, red, black and gilt quatrefoil decoration down centre of front cover. Cover decoration with minuscule wear near bottom edge. OCLC, 1056953795. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide.