Hamarrot dasagirk' ashkharhagroit'ean harts'mamb yev pataskhaniov I pets gpros'ats yerkrorg tip. [i.e., A concrete textbook on geography with answers to the questions of the second type]. N. A. Agop Boyadjian Printing House, Constantinople, 1881. Original quarter black calf. Title gilt to the front board. Small 4to. (24,5 x 19 cm). In Armenian. [4], 136 p., 78 unnumbered woodcuts, 12 b/w engraved maps of 1. Double-paged Mappamondo includes Americas with other continents, 2. Europe, 3. Asia, 4. Doubled-paged Asiatic Turkey, 5. Balkan Peninsula including Greece, Serbia & Montenegro, Romania and European Turkey (this includes an errata flap listing revised place names, such as Larissa - Notably, Armenian speakers have sometimes referred to Turkey as "Tajikia"), 6. West Europe, 7. England & British Isles, 8. Africa, 9. North & Central America, 10. Double-paged United States of America), 11. South America, 12. Australia & New Zealand. Armenian ownership inscriptions on the front pastedown, a cut of drawing of a soldier on his horse pasted on the frontispiece, and an ex-libris pasted to the rear pastedown. Light stains on boards, light wear to top of the spine, edge wear, some fading and foxing on the pages. Overall, a good copy. The exceedingly rare first (and apparently only and unrecorded) Armenian geography textbook, prepared and printed in the Boyadjian Printing House which was one of the leading Armenian printing houses in the Ottoman Istanbul, for use in lectures at the American Board Colleges in Turkey. As of February 2025, we couldn't trace any copies in OCLC, KVK. 2. Yndarjak patkerajard ashkharhagroit'iwn [i.e., Concise illustrated geography]. MANISSADJIAN, H[OVHANNES] H[AGOP] (1862-1942). H. Matteosian, Constantinople, 1902. Original light brown full cloth. Title gilt to the front board with a decorative border. Small 4to. (24,5 x 19 cm). In Armenian. [14], 174, [2] p., 52 woodcuts, 11 b/w engraved maps. Ownership inscription on verso of the title page, a tear without effect to text on the title page. Light stains on boards, light wear to top of the spine, edge wear, small tears on two pages without missing, some fading and foxing on the pages. Overall, a good copy. The exceedingly rare first (and apparently only and unrecorded) enlarged edition of the Boyadjian's geography textbook, authored by Armenian botanist, linguist, and geographer Manissadjian, for use in lectures particularly at the American Board College in Merzifon. In the author's preface, it is also mentioned that he was preparing a new atlas, and for this edition, the engraving plates were recast to make the maps more functional. Right after the preface, the book presents an index of geographical place names and terms. This is followed by errata, leading into the first chapter, which serves as an introduction to the science of geography. The book includes the following maps: 1. Double-paged Mappamondo includes Americas with other continents, 2. Europe, 3. Balkan Peninsula including Greece, Serbia & Montenegro, Romania and European Turkey, 4. West Europe, 5. England & British Isles, 6. Asia, 7. Africa, 8. Australia & New Zealand 9. North & Central America, 10. South America 11. One folded Asiatic Turkey - Notably, Armenian speakers have sometimes referred to Turkey as "Tajikia"). Additionally, the book contains 52 numbered, attractive woodcut illustrations. Geography was one of the subjects emphasized at Anadolu College, with the school's guides listing language proficiency (reading and writing in both the native language and Turkish), along with knowledge of geography and arithmetic, as entrance requirements. AMERICAN BOARD SCHOOL IN MERZIFON: The Anatolia College in Merzifon or American College of Mersovan (Turkish: Merzifon Amerikan Koleji) was a 4-year college, high school, theological seminary, orphanage and hospital located in the town of Merzifon in the Sivas Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Amasya
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