Թովմաճանեան (Եղիա) [TOVMAJANYAN (Yeghia)]. Դպրութիւն նամակաց - Lot 285

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., period marbled fawn basane, smooth spine, blue title-piece, gilt fleuron and roulette, boards framed with gilt roulette, gilt edges (spinebands and elbows rubbed, corners dulled, qq cahier déréglés, text transfer on some pages, light foxing). 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. Unidentified stamp on verso of title.