Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
AESOP. Arakk' Ezovbosi [Fables of Aesop; with life of Aesop by Maximus Planudes]. 13 (of ?) etched plates, each with 3 subjects. 5-538 (of 540) pages; lacks title, next leaf, and last leaf of index. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints partly cracked, book block loose in binding; marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, occasional soiling, clean tear across one text leaf, scattered pen and pencil scrawls and doodles. Nersessian 338. Venice [Monastery of San Lazzaro]: Mekhitarist Press, 1818

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Armenian translation by Vardapet Minas Bzhshkean from a French version. Nersessian 338.