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Auction archive: Lot number 23

Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Armenian

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,564 - US$3,846
Price realised:
£2,250
ca. US$2,884
Auction archive: Lot number 23

Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Armenian

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,564 - US$3,846
Price realised:
£2,250
ca. US$2,884
Beschreibung:

Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Armenian GIRG SRBO AVETARANIN TYARN MERO YEV PRKCHIN HISUSI QRISTOSI [THE BOOKS OF THE GOSPELS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST]. VENICE: MICHELANGELO BARBONI FOR VOSKAN AGULETS'I, 1685 4to (180 x 133mm.), a-b 4 A-3H 4 , title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustration at start of each Gospel, contemporary Armenian-style binding of blind-tooled calf over thin wooden boards, rounded metal crosses on covers (upper cover with coloured glass roundels inset), oval stamped metal corner-pieces on upper cover, two replacement long straps, binding sewn without sewing supports, with extended headbands and with the page edges aligned with the board edges, a page of contemporary manuscript in Armenian at front, some soiling and damp-staining (particularly towards end), small marginal rust-hole in Ee1, some leaves becoming loose, spine repaired at head and foot, lacking a third long strap across the centre of the book, binding slightly rubbed

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Bible. New Testament. Gospels. Armenian GIRG SRBO AVETARANIN TYARN MERO YEV PRKCHIN HISUSI QRISTOSI [THE BOOKS OF THE GOSPELS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST]. VENICE: MICHELANGELO BARBONI FOR VOSKAN AGULETS'I, 1685 4to (180 x 133mm.), a-b 4 A-3H 4 , title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustration at start of each Gospel, contemporary Armenian-style binding of blind-tooled calf over thin wooden boards, rounded metal crosses on covers (upper cover with coloured glass roundels inset), oval stamped metal corner-pieces on upper cover, two replacement long straps, binding sewn without sewing supports, with extended headbands and with the page edges aligned with the board edges, a page of contemporary manuscript in Armenian at front, some soiling and damp-staining (particularly towards end), small marginal rust-hole in Ee1, some leaves becoming loose, spine repaired at head and foot, lacking a third long strap across the centre of the book, binding slightly rubbed

Auction archive: Lot number 23
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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