Խաչատուր Էրզրումեցի Առաքելեան [KHATCHATOUR L'ARCHIPRÊTRE D'E - Lot 155

Խաչատուր Էրզրումեցի Առաքելեան [KHATCHATOUR L'ARCHIPRÊTRE D'ERZURUM]. Համառօտ մեկնութիւն երգոյ երգոցն Սողոմոնի [A Brief Commentary on the Song of Songs]. [bound in suite]. Թարգմ.՝ Պետրոս վարդապետ Թիֆլիսեցու [Peter the Archpriest of Tiflis, trans.]. Մեկնութիւն յայտնութեան. [The book of the commentary on the Apocalypse of John by the evangelist] Constantinople, 1700-1701. 2 works in 1 vol. in-8, 258 p. ; 208 p., contemporary Armenian binding in full tan basane on wood, smooth spine, central cross and cold-stamped frame on boards (binding a little worn, slight epidermis on upper board, head and tail caps rubbed, bottom board damaged (uncovered back cover with small leather and wood chips), hinges cracked, quires out of order, wetness and worm damage in margins, text missing from corners of pp.193-208, small hole in 2nd book's vignette). Rare. Two of the earliest Armenian publications printed in Constantinople in the early 18th century. They were most probably produced in the Astvatsadur printing house, the only press in Constantinople to print in Armenian type at the time. Each work is illustrated with a woodcut vignette, the second of which bears the signature of Christoffel van Sichem le Jeune. Provenance: Library of Frédéric Macler (1869-1938) (copper-engraved label on upper flyleaf).