Մովսէս Խորենացի [MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE]. Ազգաբանութիւն տոհմին յաբ - Lot 194

Մովսէս Խորենացի [MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE]. Ազգաբանութիւն տոհմին յաբեթեան [Genealogie du pedigree habetéen]; [suive de] Աշխարհագրութիւն [La géographie]. Venice, Imprimerie Antonio Bortoli, 1752. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12, XII-400 p. (of 424) ; 92 p., contemporary Armenian binding in full tan chagrin, spine with 4 nerves, boards framed with a double cold fillet, edges chased and gilt (wormholes on spine, epidermis on boards, hinges split, clasps missing, missing p. 95-98 (including one illustrated page) and 147-166, clasps missing, soiling and spotting on corners of qq. pages). Two parts of the History of Armenia by Moses of Khorene (5ᵉ century), Armenian historian considered the father of Armenian historiography. The illustration consists of 4 full-page copper engravings in the text, including a frontispiece for the second part.