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[ISLAM]. [UNKNOWN AUTHOR]. Life of Mahomet; or, the History of that Imposture Which Was Begun, Carried on, and Finally Established by Him in Arabia… Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1802. 12mo. viii, [13, sic]-154, [2, ads] pp. Approximately 6 ½ x 4”. Bound in contemporary boards with unknown text leaves, rebacked to style at a later date in brown calf, brown gilt morocco lettering label (new front endleaves, rfep is loose and tattered, yet is present, binding worn, soiled, joints starting, text somewhat soiled with occasional ink or pencil notes). Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED. The author of this book feared that Islam would outpace Christianity in the world, and wrote this biography with the notion that Christians could more effectively compete with Islam if they understood it.