Shelfmark
Iaa6.5.15
Additional shelfmark
Iaa6.5.16 (copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Works. Selections]
Title
Առակք Մխիթարայ Գոշի.
Arakkʻ Mkhitʻaray Gōshi.
Arakkʻ Mkhitʻaray Gōshi.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ի Վենետիկ : Ի Սուրբ Ղազար, 1842.
I Venetik : I Surb Ghazar, 1842.
I Venetik : I Surb Ghazar, 1842.
Physical description
187, [5] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 12cm. (12mo)
Language
In Armenian.
Note
Selection of Armenian Fables attributed to Mkhit’ar Gosh.
Note
"Arakkʻ Oghompianu" [Fables of Oghompianos] (pp. [165]-187) has special title-page; pagination and register are continuous.
Note
Oghompianos is probably another name for Aesop.
Note
Part of the series "Ընտիր Մատենագիրք" [Entir Matenagirk’ = Select authors] (half-title leaf).
Note
Plate = engraved frontispiece facing beginning of text.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 568
Citation/references note
Davt’yan, 1139
Provenance
Both copies are part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988, without his booklabels.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armenian inscription in ink at head of series half-title (unread), dated 1842.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Title page and first page of text each stamped with two embossed seals: one with the name "[?] Anouckian", one with emblem of lamb and flag.
Binding
[Copy 1] Original 19th century marbled goatskin; gilt roll-tooled border; smooth gilt-tooled spine with blue spine label; red marbled endpapers; gilt text block edges.
Binding
[Copy 2] Original 19th century marbled goatskin; gilt roll-tooled border; smooth gilt-tooled spine with blue spine label; blue marbled endpapers; gilt text block edges.
Copy-specific note
[Both copies] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil, noting that some bibliographies incorrectly record the pagination of the Oghompianos.
Subject
Fables, Armenian.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B44326