ԱՅՎԱԶՈՎՍԿԻ (Գաբրիել) [AÏVAZOVSKI (Gabriel)]. Պատմութիւն Խալի - Lot 8

ԱՅՎԱԶՈՎՍԿԻ (Գաբրիել) [AÏVAZOVSKI (Gabriel)]. Պատմութիւն Խալիպեան ուսումնարանին ազգիս հայոց [History of the Khalipian College of the Armenian Nation]. Tbilissi, Imprimerie Hovhannes Martirosyants, 1880. In-8, XIX-393 p., period blue chagrin-effect percaline, smooth mute spine (corners dulled, snags not severe at the edges, light foxing, some leaves uniformly browned). History of Khalibyan College by one of its co-founders, Ivan Aivazovsky (Aivazian), published before his death in 1880. Khalibyan College, founded in 1858 in Theodosia (Crimea), was a private Armenian secondary school financed by Harutyun Khalibyan, the Church and student contributions. It welcomed young Armenians without distinction. Illustrated with a woodcut before the preface.