[Armenia]. Թովմաճանեան (Եղիա) [TOVMAJANYAN (Yeghia)]. Դպրութ - Lot 149

[Armenia]. Թովմաճանեան (Եղիա) [TOVMAJANYAN (Yeghia)]. Դպրութիւն նամակաց ի լեզու գրաբառ և աշխարհաբառ [Art of correspondence in classical Armenian (grabar) and modern Armenian (achkharhabar)]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1805. Small in-8, VII-408 pp. in tan basane. Speckled contemporary basane, smooth spine, havana title page, gilt border, gilt edges (binding as is, spine detached, spotting, quires out of order, text transferred to some pages, ink stains and marginal soiling). Tovmajanyan Yeghia (1777-1848), Armenian philologist and translator, wrote this manual dedicated to the art of correspondence in Armenian. The book offers practical advice and examples for writing letters in grabar (classical Armenian) and achkharhabar (modern Armenian).