Գ. Խալաթեանց, Գիրք մնացորդաց ըստ հնագոյն հայ թարգմանութեան, - Lot 74

Գ. Խալաթեանց, Գիրք մնացորդաց ըստ հնագոյն հայ թարգմանութեան, Մոսկւա 1899 [KHALATIANTS, G. Le livre des Paralipomènes selon la plus ancienne traduction arménienne, Moscou, 1899] Large in-4 (33.5 x 23 cm), preface in Russian and text in Armenian, [2] ff. (Title and dedication), IV-XI-115 pp., and 2 pl. Bound in late leather-effect blue cloth, smooth muted spine, lower front cover preserved (small marginal defects on some leaves, including soiling to title). The Paralipomena is the Greek term for the supplement to the biblical text of the Book of Kings, also known as the Book of Chronicles. The present work contains the text of the oldest Armenian version of this Book, previously considered lost. It consists of a title page and dedication leaf, a 4-page preface in Russian and a text in Armenian of 11 pages numbered in Armenian numerals and 115 pages in Arabic numerals. It includes two plates with facsimiles at the end of the book.