[Armenia]. MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE. History of Armenia. Armenian te - Lot 179

[Armenia]. MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE. History of Armenia. Armenian text and French translation by P. E. Le Vaillant de Florival... Venice, typographie arménienne de Saint-Lazare, 1841. Two volumes in one in-8, XVII-389 p., [7] f. (table) ; 207 p., [13] f. (table, index of names), brown half-chagrin with corners, 5-ribbed spine, author, title, initials SK and dates endowed, caissons bordered with a double gilt fillet, gilt head, one cover preserved [Saillier] (rubs to corners, headpieces and nerves; light wetness on p.7 to 12 of t.2, and on p.3 of t.3). to 12 of vol.2, and a few very discreet marginal ones, rare foxing). Famous chronicle probably written in the 5th century by Moses of Khorene, a central figure in Armenian historiography; translation by Le Vaillant de Florival, who taught Armenian at the Ecole des Langues Orientales Vivantes in Paris. Armenian text and French translation opposite. Printed on wove paper, except for pages 1 to 16, on ecru laid paper.