Խիկար Իմաստուն [AHIQAR]. Պատմութիւն պղնձէ քաղաքին [History o - Lot 5

Խիկար Իմաստուն [AHIQAR]. Պատմութիւն պղնձէ քաղաքին [History of the City of Bronze]. Constantinople, Imprimerie Trivial Hovhannes, [1749]. In-8, 174 p. (of 224 p.), plum-painted later half parchment, smooth spine (spine faded, paper missing from boards, hinges split, edges and corners worn, quires unruly, soiling to 1st f., p.174 partly unbound, lacks title page with full-page engraving on verso and pp. 175-224). Fourth edition of Histoire de la ville de bronze by Ahiqar, also known as Sagesse d'Ahikar. The original Armenian edition of this work first appeared in 1709. Fourteen editions were published up to 1911. A copy annotated in the margin with elements taken from the 1834 edition.