Աւգերեան (Յարութիւն) [AUCHER (Pascal)] Համառօտ Նկարագիր Մխիթ - Lot 35

Աւգերեան (Յարութիւն) [AUCHER (Pascal)] Համառօտ Նկարագիր Մխիթարեան Միաբանութեան [Brief description of the Mekhitarist Order.] [followed by] Compendiose notizie sulla congregazione de' monaci Armeni Mechitaristi di Venezia nell' isola di S. Lazzaro. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1819. In-8, frontispiece, 127-[1] p., [1] plate, contemporary fawn half-basin, smooth spine, blue title-piece, gilt roulette, yellow speckled edges (corners dulled, head and spine caps rubbed, tail cap partly torn off, slight foxing). Bilingual work summarizing the history of the Mekhitarist abbey. It features a frontispiece portrait of Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste, a copperplate engraving, the title and text in Armenian, followed by the equivalent in Italian (title and text). According to the record of the National Library of Armenia, the text was written by Haroutioun Avgerian, a prominent member of the Mekhitarist community and contributor to the preservation and dissemination of Armenian culture through their printed works.