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Published by In insula St. Lazari, Venetiis, 1869., 1869
Seller: Serge Paratte, Livres anciens & modernes, Chernex, Switzerland
90 X 155 mm. relié demi-chagrin marron, dos à nerfs, tiitre doré, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque). XI-600 pp., frontispice. Traduction en 36 langues de la prière de St Nerses, éditée par les presses du monastère arménien établi sur l'ile St Lazare depuis 1716 dans la baie de Venise. Reliure légèrement passée, rares piqûres.
Published by In Insula S. Lazari, Venice,, 1823
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
12mo., Second Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light marginal spotting; contemporary mottled red and brown calf, sides with floral frame border in gilt, back tooled and ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt edgesexpertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. With fine early nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate bearing the widespread motto 'pro aris et focis'. This scarce work contains the twenty-four prayers and orisons of the Armenian patriarch Nerses IV or Saint Nerses the Gracious (1102-1173), a younger contemporary of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Effectively a type specimen book, it was printed at the Armenian monastery on the isle of St. Lazarus off Venice and presents the prayers in no fewer than 24 different languages, including Dutch, Gaelic, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian. The collection was first issued in 1818 with the prayers present in fourteen languages; a fourth edition (1837) was several times reprinted. Brunet IV, 859; Nersessian 510.
Published by Venetiis In Insula S. Lazari,, Venetiis [Venice], 1823
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
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Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Small format 9x15 cm sheets gathered in tens, bound in full leather of the period, green leather spine label lettered in gilt, edges of boards with decorative gilt borders, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece and engraved title page, all page edges gilt; generally clean and unmarked, "24 prayers in 24 languages" written at top of title page, ownership inscription on dedication page, overall VG+; " work contains the twenty-four prayers and orisons of the Armenian patriarch Nerses IV (1102-1173). Effectively a type specimen book, it was printed at the Armenian monastery on the isle of St. Lazarus off Venice and presents the prayers in no fewer than 24 different languages".