Live auction - Lot 405
[Liturgy - Armenia]
Preces Sancti Nersetis Clajensis, Armeniorum patriarchae. Viginti quatuor linguis editae.
Venice, S. Lazari, 1837
Hammer price: €
90
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
8vo; portrait, engr. title (text n.c., some sl. spotting).
Contemp. three-quarter black shagreen, black cloth on boards, gilt- and blind-orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (rubbed, head and tail missing).
Rare first edition of 24 prayers of Nerses Shnorhali (1102-1173), Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 unti his death, in 24 languages incl. obviously Armenian, but also Greek, French, Iberian language, Hebrew, Turkish, Chaldean, Danish, Geʽez, etc. Ill. with the Saint's portrait and coins at dedication; engr. title.