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[ARMENIAN]. INJIJIAN, Ghukas. Eghanak Biwzandian Bazmavep [The Byzantine season almanack]. Venice, 1815.
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[ARMENIAN]. INJIJIAN, Ghukas. Eghanak Biwzandian Bazmavep [The Byzantine season almanack]. Venice, 1815.
12o (136 x 83 mm). Engraved title, 14 hand-colored plates of costumes, one large folding plate, 16 illustrations in text and one folding table. Contemporary Armenian calf gilt, tan morocco lettering-piece (some wear at extremities).
Gkukas Injijian was the father of modern Armenian geography. "These and related books by Mkhitarist authors helping revive the deep attachment within the people for their homeland and forge a sentiment of national identity" (The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, Agop J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk et al., Wayne State University Press, 2005).
[Bound with:] Drashakk'Amenayn Terut'Eanc [Flags of all nations]. Venice: Mechitarist Press at St. Lazarus, 1813. Hand-colored engraved title and 15 hand-colored plates. Nersessian, Catalogue of early Armenian Books, 309.
12o (136 x 83 mm). Engraved title, 14 hand-colored plates of costumes, one large folding plate, 16 illustrations in text and one folding table. Contemporary Armenian calf gilt, tan morocco lettering-piece (some wear at extremities).
Gkukas Injijian was the father of modern Armenian geography. "These and related books by Mkhitarist authors helping revive the deep attachment within the people for their homeland and forge a sentiment of national identity" (The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, Agop J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk et al., Wayne State University Press, 2005).
[Bound with:] Drashakk'Amenayn Terut'Eanc [Flags of all nations]. Venice: Mechitarist Press at St. Lazarus, 1813. Hand-colored engraved title and 15 hand-colored plates. Nersessian, Catalogue of early Armenian Books, 309.