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[BYRON - ARMENIAN] AUCHER, P. PASCHAL. A Grammar of Armenian and English.

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[BYRON - ARMENIAN] AUCHER, P. PASCHAL. A Grammar of Armenian and English.
Venice: Printed at the Armenian Press of St. Lazarus, 1832. The second improved and enlarged edition. Original yellow silk, leather spine label, edges stained yellow, pink silk ribbon. 7 x 4 1/4 inches (18 x 11 cm); 230, [1] pp. Some wear to extremities, a few small stains, minor chips to the silk and a chip to the spine label, pale spotting, altogether an uncommonly fine copy.

A revised and expanded edition of the Armenian grammar book that Lord Byron and Aucher compiled during the poet's frequent visits to the Mekhitarist monastery on the Venetian island of San Lazzaro. Though not mentioned on the title page, the book references Byron and contains examples of his work translated into Armenian.

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Estimate: $400 - $600

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Estimate: $400 - $600

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