გობრონ (მიხაილ) საბინინი, საქართველოს სამოთხე. სრული აღწერაჲ - Lot 59

გობრონ (მიხაილ) საბინინი, საქართველოს სამოთხე. სრული აღწერაჲ ღვაწლთა და ვნებათა საქართვჱლოს წმიდათა, პეტერბურღ 1882 [SABININI, Gobron (Mixail). The Paradise of Georgia. Complete description of the struggles and sufferings of the saints of Georgia, Petersburg, 1882] First edition. In-4 (approx. 31 x 23 cm), text in Georgian. 2 unnumbered pages, IV pp. 2 pp. 639 pp. 24 plates. Contemporary eggplant morocco half-basin, four-ribbed spine underlined by cold bands and fillets, gilt title and author, 4 unidentified initials, original cover preserved (corners dulled, edges and covers rubbed, upper jaw split by qq. cm, marginal tears reaching one plate and taped to verso, soiling, light foxing). First edition by Mikhail Gobrom Sabanin containing 49 hagiographic texts (lives of saints), some of which have not yet been republished. The illustration consists of 24 plates depicting saints lithographed after the author's drawings. All are subtitled in Russian. The original cover features a chromo-lithographed allegory of Georgia. Two ownership notes, including a stamp by Viktor B. Gogia and a handwritten inscription by Mirianashvili. A rare book.