First edition of Constantinople Armenian-English dictionary, in neat ornamental binding, 1905

Beschreibung

Z.[AKARIA] D. S. PAPAZIAN: A PRACTICAL DICTIONARY ARMENIAN-ENGLISH. ԳՈՐԾՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՌԱՐԱՆ ՀԱՅԵՐԷՆ-ԱՆԳՂԻԵՐԷՆ. Constantinople: Jacob Matteosian 1905. 8vo. 507 [5| two-column pages. Letterpress on machine paper, bound in original publisher’s red cloth with gilt title printing as well as black and blind-stamped ornamental frames at front and rear boards.

First edition of this compact Armenian-English dictionary, in a neat ornamental binding.

Contents: First edition of Zakaria Papazian’s Armenian-English dictionary. In 1910 an illustrated, hence more voluminous continuation of present dictionary was published. The dictionary probably aimed at the increasing number of educated and wealthy Armenians who were preparing to emigrate from the Ottoman Empire due to continuous discrimination and persecution.

Provenance: Title page with red stamp of bookstore B. Balentz, Constantinople. – Condition: Binding with very slight wear, edges with some staining, paper time-stained, otherwise well preserved indeed.

Condition: Binding with very slight wear, other, edges with some staining, paper time-stained, otherwise well preserved indeed.

Rarity: Rare. As of April 24th 2022 OCLC/WorldCat and KVK show only 7 further copies of this dictionary in worldwide institutional holdings (Brussels [Royal Library of Belgium], Durham [UL], University of London [SOAS Library], Yerevan [Armenian National Library], University of Michigan Library], among others).

Reference: Zaunmüller 20 (mistakenly writes Thoros instead of Zakaria as first name of author).