Shelfmark
Iaa7.5.22
Author
Title
Տիպ ու տառ : «Գիր»ին ծագման եւ միջազգային ու հայկական տպագրութեան վրայ ձգուած ակնարկ մը : Գեղարուեստական տիպ, 180 Պատկերներով Զարդարուած / Թէոդիկ.
Tip u taṛ : “Cir”-in tsagman ew Mi]azgayin u haykakan tpagrut’ean vray dzguats aknark me : Gegharuestakan tip, 180 patkernerov zardaruats / Tʻēodik.
Tip u taṛ : “Cir”-in tsagman ew Mi]azgayin u haykakan tpagrut’ean vray dzguats aknark me : Gegharuestakan tip, 180 patkernerov zardaruats / Tʻēodik.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Կոստանդնուպօլիս : Հրատարակութիւն եւ Տպագրութիւն Վահրամայ եւ Հրաչէի Տէր-Նէրսէսեան, ՌՅԿԱ [1901]
Kostandnupōlis : Hratarakut’iwn ew Tpagrut’iwn Vahramay ew Hrach’ei Ter-Nersesyan, ṚYKA [i.e. 1912]
Kostandnupōlis : Hratarakut’iwn ew Tpagrut’iwn Vahramay ew Hrach’ei Ter-Nersesyan, ṚYKA [i.e. 1912]
Physical description
192, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : 180 ill. (facsims., ports.) ; 26 cm.
Language
In Armenian.
Note
Published to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the invention of the Armenian alphabet in 412, and the 400th anniversary of the first Armenian printing in 1512.
Note
Translation of title: Letters and founts: their invention and international spread and Armenian printing: a brief perspective. Illustrated with 180 images.
Note
Printed throughout in a decorative red border.
Note
Final leaf of letterpress and the leaf of plates are tipped in at p. 5 and at final page respectively. The first bears text on the recto with dates 1912 and ṚYKB [according to the Armenian era = 1913] in decorative border, printed in blue, and on the verso a portrait of Hakob Meghapart, the first Armenian printer, printed in brown. The second bears text printed in blue on the recto, signed by the author, with blank verso.
Note
Publisher's printed paper covers ; front cover with a quarter page Armenian manuscript-style head-piece and decorative border printed in brown, with title and imprint information printed in red and black ; back cover with decorative border in brown and text printed in red and black, dated 10 April 1913.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Pencil inscription at head of title: Նիւէր Գերսամ Ահարոնեանի, Պէյրութ Ապրիլ- 1962 [Gift of Gersam Aharonean, Beyrout, April 1962].
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil at foot of final tipped-in leaf; some pencil annotations in text.
Subject
Printing, Armenian History.
Subject
Printers Armenia Biography.
Subject
Printers Turkey Biography.
Subject
Armenian type.
Subject
Armenian language Alphabet.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--place
Turkey Istanbul.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B44947