Նոր Կտակարան Սրբոյ Աւետարանի Տեառն Մերոյ Հիսուսի Քրիստոսի [N - Lot 213

Նոր Կտակարան Սրբոյ Աւետարանի Տեառն Մերոյ Հիսուսի Քրիստոսի [New Testament of the Sacred Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ]. Amsterdam, Imprimerie de Saint-Échmiadzin et Saint-Sargis, 1668. In-12, 406 p., Armenian binding in full contemporary havana basane, spine with 3 nerves, cold decoration on covers (mottling on upper cover, small spotting, mottling on upper cover and on a few pages, worm damage). Rare first edition of the New Testament. First printed Armenian edition of the New Testament, published in Amsterdam in 1668 by Voskan of Yerevan, in the ecclesiastical printing house of Etchmiadzin. In the same year, the same printer brought out the first complete Bible printed in Armenian. The work includes only the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is illustrated with three engraved portraits of the evangelists, by Christoffel van Sichem the Younger, a famous Dutch engraver of the XVIIᵉ century.