Յովհաննէս Կոստանդնուպոլսեցի [Hovhannes of Constantinople]. - Lot 71

Յովհաննէս Կոստանդնուպոլսեցի [Hovhannes of Constantinople]. Համառօտութիւն ճարտասանականի արհեստի [Abrégé de l'art rhétorique]. Marseille, Imprimerie de Saint-Échmiadzin et de Saint-Sargis, 1674. In-8 in the format of: in-16 (10 x 6.3 cm), [1] f., 154 p., [2] ff. in full contemporary speckled tan basane, 3-nerved spine, ornate caissons, gilt roulette on the edges, red speckled edges (worn binding, soiling and spotting). Rare example of Armenian printing done in Marseille in the XVIIᵉ century. The verso of the title page features a woodcut vignette; the text is decorated with typographical bands and marginal illustrations. This work is a precious witness to the Armenian cultural and intellectual presence in France, through ecclesiastical printing. Provenance: handwritten bookplate: "Azariae des marcelinus lus saredonis Armenie?"; red seal of the École Sainte-Geneviève, B.D.J.