[Armenia]. ISSAVERDENZ (James). Saint Lazare Island and the - Lot 166

[Armenia]. ISSAVERDENZ (James). Saint Lazare Island and the Armenian Convent. Venice, Typographie Arménienne S. Lazare, 1879. In-12, 30 p., pl., publisher's brown percaline, smooth spine decorated and muted, title, lion finial and number 12 gilt on upper cover, gilt edges (spine faded, light transfer of handwritten note on title). Extremely rare guide illustrated with 20 off-text albumen photographic prints (the first laminated to the v° of the title page), captioned in French and English. Text paper uniformly browned, images slightly faded. Handwritten note on the flyleaf opposite the title: "Venise - Couvent des Arméniens mercredi 18 avril 1883. Only 4 copies have been found in WordCat, not all of which appear to contain the illustrations.