Աւգերեան, Մկրտիչ [AUCHER (Jean-Baptiste)]. - Lot 30

Աւգերեան, Մկրտիչ [AUCHER (Jean-Baptiste)]. Նոր բառգիրք հայկազեան լեզուի [New dictionary of the Armenian language in 2 vols.]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1836-1837. 2 volumes in-4. 20-1140 pp. and 1067 pp. Later fawn half-basin with corners, spine with 4 bands, ornate caissons, havana title-pieces and red tomaison (epidermures, craquelures on the spine, dull corners, untidy quires, slight brown spots). Dictionary of the Armenian language, written by Gabriel Avetikian (1811-1868), Surmelyan Khatchatour (1819-1888) and Jean-Baptiste Aucher (1762-1854). The work was initiated by Aucher with contributions from the other authors. This work is considered one of the most comprehensive and voluminous Armenian dictionaries still in use today. [Armenia].