[Armenia]. Էփրիկեան, (Ս.) [EPRIKIAN (S)]. Պատկերազարդ բնաշխա - Lot 65

[Armenia]. Էփրիկեան, (Ս.) [EPRIKIAN (S)]. Պատկերազարդ բնաշխարհիկ բառարան: Հտ. 1 [Illustrated natural dictionary: vol. 1-2]. Venice, Imprimerie Saint-Lazare, 1903-1907. In-4, 835/843 p. + 400/471 p. [1f.], contemporary paperback (as is) (pp 801-808 vol 1. missing. pp 401-471 vol. 2 missing). Encyclopedic work in Armenian devoted to popularizing knowledge of the natural sciences (botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.), written by Soukias Éprikian (Սուքիաս Էփրիկեան), pedagogue, publisher and important figure in Armenian intellectual life. The text is accompanied by numerous explanatory engravings for teaching purposes. This work is part of the vast movement to modernize Armenian education at the end of the XIXᵉ century. Copy composed of the second edition of the first volume and the first edition of the second volume.