[Armenia]. Ինճիճեան (Ղուկաս) [INDJIDJIAN (Ghoukas)]. Ամարանո - Lot 158

[Armenia]. Ինճիճեան (Ղուկաս) [INDJIDJIAN (Ghoukas)]. Ամարանոց Բիւզանդեան։ Չափածո [Amaranots Byuzandéan: in verse]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1794. In-12, IX-253 p., contemporary speckled havana basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt roulette and fleuron, green title page, gilt roulette on boards, gilt edges, (jaws and boards rubbed, elbows, caps and corners worn, hinges split, pages 23-72 partly detached, pages 3-22 missing, map missing). A geographical and historical account of the Golden Horn of Constantinople, written in verse, by Ghoukas Indjidjian (1758-1833), an Armenian intellectual and writer renowned for his works on morality, wisdom and patriotism. The work is decorated with an engraved vignette at the head, appearing on page 93.