ARMENIA. - Lot 109

ARMENIA. Ջախջախեան, (Մանուէլ) [CIAKCIAK (Emmanuele)]. Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco, Բառարան յիտալական լեզուէ ի հայ և ի տաճիկ բարբառ. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1804. In-4, XXVI-894 pp. (of 896 pp.). Green half-basane, ornate smooth spine, red title-piece, speckled edges (spine faded, light rubbing and spidering, tail cap torn off, slight foxing). Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco by Ջախջախեան, Մանուէլ [Ciakciak, Emmanuele] (1770-1835), Armenian linguist, teacher and priest. This work is illustrated with a copper-engraved plate by Baratti. Provenance: François-de-Sales de Bellaud (1772 -1829), entered the orders after his widowhood, vicar-general of the diocese of Sens, chaplain to Mme la Dauphine, knight of the Papal Order (label on the flyleaf); wet stamps of the Jesuit Library of Jersey on the flyleaf; and of the École Sainte Geneviève B.D.J. on the title.