Elaborate and rare lithographed Armenian calligraphy

PALCHEAN, Agheksandr

Vayelchʻagrutʻiwn [Beautiful Writing; ie. Calligraphy]
Vienna, Alois Leykum for Mkhit'areants', 1838. £3,950

Attractive volume showing fine Armenian calligraphy made to celebrate the new Armenian monastery in Vienna - to be built when the book was published. Very rare edition, with no copies traced in Armenia nor the Americas.

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Armenian Gospels attractively bound

[BIBLE, Armenian]

Avetaran Tyarn Mero Hisusi Qristosi [The Gospels Of Our Lord Jesus Christ]
Venice, Antonio Bortoli, 1759. £3,750

Lovely example of these Gospels in Armenian, printed in Venice by Bortoli in 1759, with a new set of plates, and here in a richly gilt binding.

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International silk trade and Armenian prayers

VANANDETSI, Ghukas

Gandz ch'ap'voy, kshrroy, t'uots' yev dramits' bolor ashkharhi [A Treasure Trove of Measures, Weights, Numbers and Currencies from Around the World]
Tovmas Vanandetsu [Vanandetsi], Yemsterdem [Amsterdam], 1699. £5,250

Great copy of this small-format book: used by Armenian merchants around the world, including Africa, this copy replete with annotations in Armenian linked with numerology and prayers. Very rare first edition by a leading Armenian printed in Amsterdam; only a copy traced in Oxford and one in Pisa - none in the Americas.

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First with the fine woodcut animal letters

AMADUTIUS, Iohannes Christophorus [Giovanni Cristoforo AMADUZZI]

Alphabetum armenum
Propaganda fide, Romae, 1784. £1,750

Fine example of this attractive Armenian alphabet for missionaries, the first edition with the lovely animal-shaped letters.

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