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George Sale (1697–1736) was a British Orientalist scholar and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into English. In 1748, after having read Sale's translation,[1] Voltaire wrote his own essay "De l'Alcoran et de Mahomet" ("On the Quran and on Mohammed").
For A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical,[2] an English translation and enlargement of Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire historique et critique,[3] Sale supplied "Articles relating to Oriental History".[2]: title page
- ^ Pomeau. Voltaire en son temps.
- ^ a b Bayle, Pierre (1735–1741). Bernard, John Peter; Birch, Thomas; Lockman, John; Sale, George (eds.). A General Dictionary: Historical and Critical. London: various combines of booksellers. 10 volumes.
- ^ Bayle, Pierre (1730). Dictionaire historique et critique (4 ed.). Amsterdam: P. Brunel; R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith; H. Waesberge; P. Humbert; F. Honoré; Z. Chatelain; and P. Mortier. 4 folio volumes.