COMPONENTS: 21, [1], 285 pages. 12mo, contemporary tree sheep gilt

CONDITION: numerous tiny wormholes through covers and entire contents generally not impairing legibililty, old stamp on title.

NOTES: Sale 2243 Lot 29. "The colophon on pp. 283-84 gives valuable information on the history of Armenian printing in Madras." -Nersessian 282. Belisarios yarats'oyts' anyishach'arut'ean. Madras: Yarut'iwn Ter Shmawonean Shirazets'i.

LANGUAGE

Armenian

ITEM ID: 2406

Armenian Translation of Jean-François Marmontel

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Armenian

DATE

Year: 1809

Decade: 1800s

Century: 19th (1801-1900)

An Armenian translation of a work by Jean-François Marmontel made by Vardapet Petros Purnazean Karnets’i from a Portuguese version of the French original.

According to scholar Sebouh Aslanian, “These were once in the library of the Antonine Catholic Armenian order’s library in Ortakoy or Michakiugh in Istanbul. I know the shape of that red seal since I’ve worked on the history of that order quite extensively.”

ARTISTS

Name: Vardapet Petros Purnazean Karnets'i
Type: Translator

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