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ARMENIA Dzaynk'agh Sharakan [Selected Hymns... Arranged According to the Armenian Church], Constantinople/Istanbul, Karapet son of Mahdesi Astoudsatur, 1743 image 1
ARMENIA Dzaynk'agh Sharakan [Selected Hymns... Arranged According to the Armenian Church], Constantinople/Istanbul, Karapet son of Mahdesi Astoudsatur, 1743 image 2
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Dzaynk'agh Sharakan [Selected Hymns...], 1743

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Dzaynk'agh Sharakan [Selected Hymns... Arranged According to the Armenian Church], text in Armenian, title printed in red and back with woodcut ornament, p.7 printed in red and black with large initial and ornament at head in the style of an Armenian manuscript, text in double columns with typographical border, gathering numerals in Armenian, pagination in Arabic and Armenian, 17 wood-engraved illustrations (one full-page) adapted by Grigor Marzvanetsi from illustrations made by Christoffel van Sichem for a 1666 Amsterdam edition of the Bible, decorative ornaments in the margins, small stains throughout, marginal ornaments shaved/cropped, small hole to body of text on 4 or 5 leaves, margin (mostly lower) repaired with old paper to approximately 60 leaves sometimes touching typographical border and small loss to text to approximately 11, old tear to text (some repaired with old paper) to approximately 6 leaves, 3 leaves loose, contemporary morocco gilt over exposed wooden boards, worn, hinges cracked (front free endpapers loose), 4to (240 x 180mm.), Constantinople/Istanbul, Karapet son of Mahdesi Astoudsatur, 1743

Footnotes

Provenance: 6-line note in Armenian mentioning a deceased baker named Vardan, and asking God's mercy on the year 1254 (i.e.1805) on verso of the title; list of births (1909 to 1952) on loose front free endpaper, ink numeral "1053" on title.

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