[Armenia]. [AGOP, or KOSTANDNUPOLSETSI (Johannes)]. Puritas - Lot 147

[Armenia]. [AGOP, or KOSTANDNUPOLSETSI (Johannes)]. Puritas Haygica seu Grammatica Armenica. Rome, Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1675. In-4, [6]-246-[4] p., fawn half-basin with posterior percaline corners, spine with 4 faux-nerfs, brown threaded, gilt title (joins split, headpieces torn off, edges and corners rubbed, slight marginal wetting). Hovhannes Kostandnupolsetsi (1635-1691), also known as Հովհաննես Հոլով (Հակոբ Կոստանդնուպոլսեցի), was an Armenian scholar, vardapet, grammarian and translator. The Armenian version of this text was published in 1674 under the title Զտութիւն հայկաբանութեան կամ Քերականութիւն հայկական. Numerous handwritten annotations in Armenian and French in the margins.