Թովմաճանեան (Եղիա) [TOVMAJANYAN (Yeghia)]. Դպրութիւն նամակաց - Lot 284

Թովմաճանեան (Եղիա) [TOVMAJANYAN (Yeghia)]. Դպրութիւն նամակաց ի լեզու գրաբառ և աշխարհաբառ [Art of correspondence in classical Armenian (grabar) and modern Armenian (achkharhabar)]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1805. In-8, VII-408 p., later marbled fawn calf, smooth spine, blue title-piece, gilt fleurons and roulettes, boards framed with gilt roulettes, gilt edges (corners dulled, spine, bindings and coupes rubbed, light foxing and text transfer on some pages). The work of Armenian philologist and translator Tovmajanyan Yeghia (1777-1848) devoted to the art of correspondence in Armenian. It offers practical advice and examples for writing letters in the two variants of the language: grabar (classical Armenian) and achkharhabar (modern Armenian). Illustrated with a woodcut. Text adorned with headbands, lettering and endpapers.