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236 - Saint Nerses the Gracious (Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի), General E…
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Saint Nerses the Gracious (Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի), General Encyclical (Թուղթ ընդհանրական) St Petersburg (Russia), imp. by Grigor Khaldariants son of Khodjamal, 1788. In-4° (22 x 15 cm) (16), 336 pages. Pages 300-336 constitute a second part (with continuous pagination) entitled Historical Panegyric (Դրուատ պատմագրաբար) of Saint Nersès the Gracious by his relative Nersès de Lampron. Complete with 3 plates engraved by Alexei Yakovlevich Kolpashnikov: full-length Saint Nerses, full-length Saint Mesrob and Saint Nerses seated in majesty on his seat surrounded by figures evoking a royal court in a clearly Europeanised aesthetic. Numerous woodcut vignettes and initials. Bound in calf, in fair condition (headbands and spines damaged, leather rubbed). Page 77, the first known engraving of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Armenia, which was used in 1794 in the Azdarar periodical printed in Madras as a symbol of Armenia's national liberation struggle.
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About the sale ANA AND JAMES MELIKIAN COLLECTION - PART II
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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