[Armenia]. Կիւրեղ Աղեքսանդրացի [Cyril of Alexandria]. Գիրք պ - Lot 89

[Armenia]. Կիւրեղ Աղեքսանդրացի [Cyril of Alexandria]. Գիրք պարապմանց [Book of Entertainments] (with) Գրիգոր Տաթեվացի [Gregory of Tatev]. Լուծմունք ի պարապմունս Սրբոյն Կիւրղի [Saint Cyril's Leisure Resolution]. (with) Աթանաս Աղեքսանդրացի [Athanasius of Alexandria]. Թուղթ առ Եպիկտիմոն [Epistle to Epictimus]. (with) [text unknown]. Constantinople, Imp. Astvatsatur, 1717. In-8 798 p.; 8 p., contemporary Armenian cold-stamped tan basane binding, three-ribbed spine (spalls, hinges split, marginal defects including wetness). Early Armenian printed edition, grouping together three theological treatises, followed by eight additional pages from another contemporary religious print. The first leaf is adorned with an acrostic poem entitled "Ձայն առ Բաղձալին" (Voice to the Desired), whose initial letters form the name "Ի ՊԱՂՏԱՍԱՐԷ" (from Baghdassaré), in place of the usual title. Illustrated with a full-page woodcut vignette with biblical subject (p. 18), with rich typographical decoration: bands, lettrines, botanical frames and ornate margins, typical of Constantinople printing of the period. Antique handwritten note on the flyleaf, partially in Armenian and French, concerning the contents of the volume. Date and place of printing known from the colophon.