Shelfmark
Iaa6.4.50
Author
Title
Հայկ Դիւցազն.
Hayk Diwts’azn.
Hayk Diwts’azn.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ի Վենետիկ : Ի Սուրբ Ղազար, 1858.
I Venetik : I Surb Ghazar, 1858.
I Venetik : I Surb Ghazar, 1858.
Physical description
[9], 13-621, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
Language
In Armenian.
Note
An epic poem in twenty episodes on the legendary hero Hayk, based on the Armenian History of Movses Khorenats’i and modelled after Homer's Iliad.
Note
Title page is engraved.
Note
In addition to the engraved title there are: an engraved half title reading 'Հայկ Դիւցազն. Վէպ' [Hayk Diwts’azn : Vep = Hayk Diwts’azn : novel]; an engraved portrait of the author signed 'E. St. Eve sculpt'; and five steel-engraved plates.
Note
Final errata leaf.
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, N., et al., 599
Provenance
Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Circular black ink seal stamp with monogram in Arabic (unread) on p. 621.
Binding
19th century green rolled goatskin half binding; gold-tooled ornament in spine compartments formed by gilt and thick blind fillets; mottled paper boards; purple endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's copy has the engraved half title plate pasted to the back of the portrait plate, possibly to obscure an earlier owner's inscription in blue ink which has partly bled through; front free-endpaper excised, possibly for same reason.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil on verso of errata leaf.
Subject
Epic poetry, Armenian.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B44507