[Armenia-Varia] - Lot 40

[Armenia-Varia] Lot of 6 books on various subjects about Armenia. - Կեսներ Սողոմոն [GESSNER (Salomon)]. Քերթուած ի մահն Աբելի [La Mort d'Abel]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1835. In-12, 15-272 p., full contemporary marbled tan basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt roulette and fleuron, brown title-piece, gilt roulette framing the boards, gilt edges (small rubbing on binding, qq. quires out of order, slight foxing, title-page partly torn off with small lack at lower left corner). -Տակիտոս Կուռնելիոս [TACITUS (Publius Cornelius)]. Տարեգիրք սկսեալ ի մահուանէ ﬔծին Աւգոստեայ [Annals from the death of the great Augustus]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1872. In-8, 499-[4] pp. Contemporary tan half-basin, smooth spine (flaws including dampstaining, top board warped, corners dulled, slight foxing). Provenance: stamp of the Mekhitarist Order of Constantinople on title. -BELLAUD. Essay on the Armenian language. A Paris, de l'Impr. impériale, 1812, de l'ère arménienne 1261. In-8, [3] (of 4) f., 96 p., paperback (no upper cover, spine worn, wet, false title lacking). First edition. -Գրիգորենց, Յակոբ. GRIGORENZ (James). England's Eulogy. Venice, S.Lazarus, 1875. In-8, 36 pp. Period gray half-percaline, smooth spine (light foxing). The Praise of England, in Armenian verse by the Reverend James Grigorenz. Bilingual Armenian-English work. Provenance: stamp of the Strasbourg University Library (verso of title), Faculté de Théologie (Jésuites) - Chantilly (label on back cover); E. Gimpel (typed on back cover). -Թրեանց (Ռափայէլ) [TRIANTS (Raphael)]. Ճառք [Sermons]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1845. In-8 [2] f., 241 pp. Contemporary fawn half-basane with corners, smooth spine with gilt scroll and title, blue speckled edges (binding tired, boards, spines, upper headband and cuts rubbed, lower headband torn off, corners dull, slight foxing). -MIDDLE AGE. Recueil des historiens des croisades. Armenian documents. Publiés par les soins de l'Académie royale des inscriptions et des belles-lettres (Paris), Imprimerie impériale, 1869. 2 large folio volumes. CXXIV-855 pp. and CCLXIV-1038 pp. Modern red half-chagrin with corners (anecdotal rubbing defects). Volume 2 also contains "Documents latins et français relatifs à l'Arménie". First and only complete antique edition in 2 volumes. Rare in private hands.