[Binding with arms]. [Armenia]. BELLARMIN (Robert). Dichiata - Lot 154

[Binding with arms]. [Armenia]. BELLARMIN (Robert). Dichiatatione piu copiofa della dottrina christiana... tradotta dalla italiana nella lingua armena... = Առաւել Պարզաբանութիւն Քրիստոնէական Վարդապետութեան... Rome, Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1630. In-4, [8]-237 p., period soft ivory parchment, smooth spine, handwritten title on paper, central arms and double fillet border to boards, arms pieces repeated in angular finial and on spine, all gilt, red edges (small cover gaps on spine, traces of worm work on upper board not serious, sustained browning). Armenian translation of this famous Bellarmine catechism, by Father Pietro Paolo, a priest from Armenia, in a version revised and confirmed by friar Agostino Bagezzi Armeno of the Dominican Order, friar Gio. Battista of Constantinople (of Armenian nationality, preacher of the Minor Observants of St. Francis) and friar Gaspar Manugties Armenius, Doctor of Sacred Theology of the Third Order of St. Francis of the Penitents. Bilingual text in Armenian and Italian. Provenance: Cardinal Borghese (probably Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, 1577-1633) (arms on binding); Marcantonio Aldobrandi, Prince Borghese (1814-1886), engraved armorial bookplate; Pierre Souillac, priest, 20th c. (woodcut bookplate).