06-01-201306-01-2013
Skinner Auctions
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Armenian Book, 1767.

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$677$550
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Armenian Book, 1767.
Quarto, title printed within woodcut border, each text page printed within a compartment, whimsical woodcut initials in the Armenian manuscript style used throughout, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, and device on colophon, with many manuscript notes in Armenian inside the boards, on fly leaves, and preliminaries, bound in its original wooden boards, covered with dark blind-stamped leather, sympathetically rebacked, missing leather restored, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500


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