Shelfmark
Iaa5.1.02
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.1.03 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Օրինակ Հայկական
Orinak Haykakan, = : Specimen Armenum / edidit J. J. Marcel
Orinak Haykakan, = : Specimen Armenum / edidit J. J. Marcel
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris, : Jules Renouard, libraire, rue de Tournon, no 6. Librairie orientale de Dondey Dupré père et fils, rue Richelieu, no 49. J.-S. Merlin, libraire, quai des Augustins, no 7., 1829.
Physical description
94 [i.e. 102] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Language
In Armenian.
Note
First two words of title romanized from Armenian.
Note
Imprint place and names from page facing title page; publication date from title page where it is given first in Armenian letters "Ռմհը" [RMHE] according to the Armenian era. Title-page includes place of publication in Armenian and Latin: ի Փարիզ. [=I P’ariz.] Lutetiae Parisiorum.
Note
Page 102 misnumbered '94'.
Note
Printed throughout in decorative borders; first word of title and half-title in zoomorphic letters.
Note
Type specimens of Armenian letters in erkat’agir, glkhagir, bolorgir, notrgir, patkeragir [uncials, capitals, round-hand, notary script, ornate script].The specimens on pp. 90-91 are in Georgian, pp. 92-93 in Arabic, p. 84 is blank, pp. 95-97 contain the Lord’s Prayer.
Note
Publisher's printed blue paper boards; title page reproduced on front cover; "Ouvrages de J.-J. Marcel, qui se trouvent chez les mêmes libraires" printed on back cover; printed spine title in Armenian and Latin.
Citation/references note
Davt’yan, 628
Provenance
[Copy 1] Bequeathed to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988 but lacking his booklabels.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Inscription inside front cover: John S. G. Simmons, Oxford, 16 Jan [19]54.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Lithographic booklabel of M. de Salvandy. Tentatively identified with Narcisse-Achille, comte de Salvandy.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Inscription on front cover: "Offert à M. de Salvandy par l'auteur. J.J. Marcel".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. Bequeathed to Eton College by Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Pink bookseller's label of Boyveau & Chevillet, livres en toutes langues, 22, r. de la Banque, Paris.
Binding
Both copies in original boards.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Subject
Armenian type.
Subject
Type and type-founding France Specimens.
Genre/Form
Presentation copies.
Added entry--name
Renouard, Jules publisher.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Simmons, J. S. G. (John Simon Gabriel), 1915 - 2005 former owner.
Added entry--name
Salvandy, N.-A. de (Narcisse-Achille), 1795 - 1856 Narcisse-Achille former owner.
Added entry--name
Merlin, J.-S. publisher.
Added entry--name
Marcel, J. J. (Jean-Joseph), 1776 - 1854 associated name.
Added entry--name
Dondey-Dupré père et fils publisher.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B44066