Գիրք պատմութե[ան]Կայսերն Փոնցիանոսի. և Կնոջն Թագուհւոյ. և որ - Lot 67

Գիրք պատմութե[ան]Կայսերն Փոնցիանոսի. և Կնոջն Թագուհւոյ. և որդւոյ նորին Դիոկղետիանոսի. և Եօթանց Իմաստասիրաց [Book of the history of the emperor Poncian and his wife the queen and his son Diocletian and the seven sages], Constantinople, 1792 (4th edition) In-12 (16 x 10.5 cm) of 325-[3] pp. 23 lines of Armenian text in a frame. A woodcut of the three children in the furnace (Book of Daniel) on the spine of the title page. Text decorated with woodcut vignettes and initials. Original binding in full tan basane, three-ribbed mute spine, framed with cold roulette on the boards (binding worn, wetness and stains, a few quires out of order). This work contains the text of the Armenian translation by Yakob de Tokat in 1614 of a Latin version of Kalila wa Dimna. It belonged to Armenian priests from Georgia, as indicated by the Georgian translation of the title on two occasions, on the front and back flyleaves. Two owners' names, one crossed out: Ter Yovane Ghazarian, and the other: Ter Yovane Mamulov written three times, including twice on the fourth endpaper in Georgian and Armenian. Work listed in the Armenian language directory by N. Voskanian et al, The Armenian Book in 1512-1800, Yerevan, 1988, no. 867, p. 660.