[Armenia]. Սայաթ-Նովա [Sayat-Nova]. Հայերեն խաղերի լիակատար - Lot 88

[Armenia]. Սայաթ-Նովա [Sayat-Nova]. Հայերեն խաղերի լիակատար ժողովածու [Complete collection of Armenian games]. Yerevan, State Press, 1931-1932. In-4, [4 f.]-196 p., vintage paperback, color chromolithographed upper board with gilt title (cover and some pages uniformly browned). Complete edition of Sayat-Nova Armenian Games, published in 1931, with chromolithographed title page after the design by Տաճատ Խաչվանքյան (Tatchat Khatchvankyan), famous Armenian graphic artist of the Soviet Union. The cover, published in 1932, was created by Martiros Sarian, one of the most influential Armenian painters of the XXᵉ century. The collection brings together 46 sets from the archives of G. Akhverdyan, 8 discovered by G. Asaturi, and 6 from various sources. The book also includes a theoretical and explanatory introduction by G. Lévonian, as well as a preliminary article by Poghos Makinçian. A rare illustrated Armenian publication, at the crossroads of traditional music, poetry and graphic art.