MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE - Lot 22

MOÏSE DE KHORÈNE Armenian History (Մովսիսի Խորենացւոի պատմութիւն եւ աշխարհագրութիւն // Mosis Chorenensis, Historiae armenicae libri III. Accedit ejustem scriptoris Epitome geographiae. Praemittitur prefatio quae de literatura ac versione sacra armeniaca agit, et subjicitur appendix quae continet epistolas duas armeniacas, primam Corinthiorum ad Paulum apostolum, alteram Pauli apostoli ad Corinthios, nunc primum ex codice Ms. integre divulgatas). London, published by William Whiston and sons, typeset by Carol Ackers, 1736. 440 pages (2-XXIII-3-412). 25 x 20 x 4 cm . Complete with folding map of Armenia Major. Restored leather binding with boards and title-piece preserved. First translation of Movses Khorenatsi's History and Geography published in bilingual Armenian-Latin. It is also the first book in Armenian characters published in England.