Աւետիքեան Գաբրիէլ [AVEDIKIAN (Gabriel)]. Մեկնութիւն չորեքտաս - Lot 41

Աւետիքեան Գաբրիէլ [AVEDIKIAN (Gabriel)]. Մեկնութիւն չորեքտասան թղթոց երանելոյն Պօղոսի առաքելոյ [Explanation of the Fourteen Epistles of the Blessed Apostle Paul]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1806-1812. 3 vols. in-4, XX-1102 p. + VIII-918 p.+ 703 p., full contemporary basane, 5-rib spine decorated with gilt caissons, orange title-pieces and cream tomaison, gilt roulette framing the boards, gilt edges t. 1 (worn binding, minor worm work, dull corners, some soiling and dampening). This is an exegetical treatise in Armenian on the fourteen letters of Saint Paul, offering a theological, moral and spiritual reading of his epistles. Used in monastic and educational circles, this commentary was intended to deepen understanding of the Scriptures according to Armenian tradition. The work is illustrated with two identical plates (the same plate repeated in the first and second volumes).