Saint Nerses the Gracious (Ներսէս Շնորհալի), Jesus the Son - Lot 193

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Saint Nerses the Gracious (Ներսէս Շնորհալի), Jesus the Son - Lot 193
Saint Nerses the Gracious (Ներսէս Շնորհալի), Jesus the Son (Յիսուս որդի) Venice, impr. by Hovhannès d'Angora (Հովհաննես Անկյուրացու) nella Salicata, 1643. In-8° (11.6 x 6.8 cm). 520 (instead of 525) pages. Woodcut upper headband and bird initials. Text framed with simple woodcut fillets. A few ornamental woodcuts in the margins. The plate depicting Patriarch Nerses preaching to the Armenians and the last 6 pages (colophon) are missing. Edges of title page slightly damaged, with a few finger marks. Lower corners of some pages torn. Fine period binding in cold-stamped calf on wooden boards. Floral borders on upper board. Central compartment decorated with motifs forming a cross. Front edge protected by a cold-stamped calf flap, extending the rear board. Nella Salicata (Սալիգաթաուի) refers to the Venetian street where the printing house was located.
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