Փարպեցի (Ղազար) [PHARBE (Lazare de)]. Պատմութիւն հայոց [Hist - Lot 234

Փարպեցի (Ղազար) [PHARBE (Lazare de)]. Պատմութիւն հայոց [History of the Armenians]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1793. In-8, 320 p., contemporary havana half-basin, compartmentalized smooth spine, red title-piece, gilt fleuron, yellow edges, (upper jaws rubbed and lower split, upper cap worn and lower partly missing, corners dulled). First edition of the History of the Armenians by Lazarus of Pharbe, Armenian historian of the 5th and 6th centuries. Handwritten French translation of the title page appears on the flyleaf and on the title page. The date August 21, 1816 is inscribed on the lower flyleaf. Provenance: François-de-Sales de Bellaud (1772-1829) (label on back cover); wet stamps of the Bibliothèque des Jésuites de Jersey on verso title page; and of the École Sainte Geneviève B.D.J. on title.