Զօհրապեան Յովհաննէս [ZOHRABIAN (Hovhannes)]. Պատմութիւն աստո - Lot 308

Զօհրապեան Յովհաննէս [ZOHRABIAN (Hovhannes)]. Պատմութիւն աստուածաշունչ գրոց Հին և Նոր Կտակարանաց [History of the Books of the Holy Bible: Old and New Testaments]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1803. In-12, 672 p., full contemporary marbled fawn basane, spine with 4 nerves, boxes decorated with gilt flowers and fillets, cold fillet on the boards (epidermures, lower right corner repaired, spine, spinebands and corners rubbed, qq. quires out of order). This work presents the origin, composition and history of the books of the Old and New Testaments. The author explains how these sacred texts have been transmitted, preserved and interpreted over the centuries in the Christian tradition, particularly in the Armenian Church.