(Armenia) - 6 volumes. - Lot 15

(Armenia) - 6 volumes. - DOURNOVO (Lydia A.). Armenian Miniatures. Text and notes for the Preface by Sirarpie der Nersessian. Paris, Cercle d'Art, 1960. Large quarto, 190 pp., [1 f.], publisher’s cardboard binding with full-color dust jacket, decorated endpapers, slipcase. 80 miniatures reproduced in color and mounted full-page with explanatory text and captions opposite. 10 illustrations in the text. - Armenians in Asian Trade in the Early Modern Era. Edited by Sushil Chaudhury and Kéram Kévonian. Paris, 2008. 4to, 418 pp, paperback. Bilingual edition in French and English. Index. - The Armenian Book: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment—A Culture in Diaspora. Paris, Éditions des Cendres & Bibliothèque Mazarine, 2012. In-4, [93 ff], publisher’s hardcover. "The first book printed in Armenian appeared in Venice in 1512... To mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Armenian printing, the Mazarine Library, in partnership with BULAC, is exhibiting a little-known collection of rare and precious Armenian books, most of which come from princely, monastic, or scholarly libraries of the Ancien Régime. The exhibition highlights the vast and fragmented geographical scope of Armenian printing in its early centuries (Venice, Rome, Constantinople, Amsterdam, Marseille, Madras…), and the often difficult conditions under which the book professionals of the Armenian diaspora worked, whether they were printers, publishers, patrons, engravers, or bookbinders.” Following a preface by Yann Sordet, director of the Mazarine Library, a brief study on the mysterious Yacob, the first Armenian printer, by Jean-Pierre Mahé, a member of the Institut de France, and research on the origins of the Armenian book by Mikaël Nichanian, curator at the Bibliothèque Nationale, are followed by descriptions of 49 of the rarest Armenian books. Includes numerous reproductions of illustrations, texts, and book bindings. - THIERRY (M.). Directory of Armenian Monasteries. Turnhout, 1993. In-8, XVI, 250 pp., paperback. 599 monasteries listed in Turkey, 170 in Armenia, etc., etc. Extensive index. - NERSESSIAN (V.). *Armenian Illuminated Gospel-Books*. London, British Library, 1987. In-4, VIII, [2 ff]: double-page map, 100 pp, publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket. The British Museum’s collection of Armenian books. Numerous black-and-white and color illustrations. - PRATT (Ida A.). Armenia and the Armenians. A list of references in the New York Public Library. Compiled by... New York, 1919 (Reprint, 2001). 8vo, [2 ff], 96 pp, publisher’s cloth. This catalog highlights the significance of the New York library on this subject. Extensive index.