[ARMENIAN LITURGY.] Խորհրդատետր Սրբոյ Պատարագին: Ըստ արարողութեան Հայաստանեայց Եկեղեցւոյ: Տպագրեցեալ ըստ օրինակին տպագրեցելոյ ի Հրոմ [ Khorhrdatetr Srboy Pataragin: Est araroghut’ean Hayastaneayts’ ek

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[ARMENIAN LITURGY.] Խորհրդատետր Սրբոյ Պատարագին: Ըստ արարողութեան Հայաստանեայց Եկեղեցւոյ: Տպագրեցեալ ըստ օրինակին տպագրեցելոյ ի Հրոմ [ Khorhrdatetr Srboy Pataragin: Est araroghut’ean Hayastaneayts’ ekeghets’woy: Tpagrets’eal est orinakin tpagrets’eloy I Hrom; “Exegesis for the Holy Liturgy. According to the Rite of the Armenian Church. Printed according to the model printed in Rome” ]. Venice: Antonio Bortoli . 15 September 1741. Folio. Contemporary red morocco over wooden boards, elaborately tooled in gilt with floral borders and central lozenge around image of Crucifixion on upper board, and the Virgin and Child on lower board; floral corner-pieces, spine gilt-tooled in compartments with floral tools, block-printed decorated pastedowns (over marbled pastedowns), 6 purple silk fore-edge tabs (2 detached), purple silk page-marker; pp. 28, text in Armenian printed throughout in red and black, with instructions for the deacon and celebrating clergy in red, main text in double columns, title page printed within engraved architectural border, enclosed within larger border of the figures of the Evangelists, the Apostles and the 24 Prophets with their names in Armenian, two engraved full-page illustrations (in pagination, one signed “Zucchi” after Peter Paul Rubens, the other after Maarten de Vos), woodcut initials, head-, and tailpieces; a few minor scuffs to boards, one tiny wormhole to upper board and two to lower, extremities and spine lightly rubbed; pin worm-holes to gutter,

• Binding: Hardcover

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