[Armenia]. Թէոդորեան, Սարգիս [THEODORIAN (Sarkis)]. Պատմութի - Lot 133

[Armenia]. Թէոդորեան, Սարգիս [THEODORIAN (Sarkis)]. Պատմութիւն Մուրատեան եւ Հայկազեան վարժարանաց եւ Մխիթարեան աբբայից [Histoire des écoles Mouradian et Haïkazian et de l'abbaye mékhitariste]. Paris, Imprimerie Chardin, 1866. 4 vols. in-8, [2] f., IV-681-[1] p. + [1] f., XI-627-[1] p. + [2]-652-[1] p. + [1] f., VIII-639-[1]-88 p., eggplant half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 false nerfs dotted, title, tomaison and double gilt fillet and irons, red jaspée edges (spine faded, boards, head and neck rubbed, slight foxing). This work by Sargis Théodoréen (1783-1877) traces the history of the Mouradian and Haïgazian colleges, as well as that of the Mekhitarist abbey. It includes a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. Goutiere. Prize book offered on November 18, 1973, on the occasion of the essay competition organized for the 125ᵉ anniversary of Muradian College. The essay on Calfa Corène, consisting of 8 pages, is inserted in the first volume.