[EARLY OTTOMAN BIBLE / ARMENIAN PRINTING HOUSE] Kitab-i mukaddes yani ahd-i atik ve ahd-i cedid. [i.e. Holy book; or the Old and the New Testaments].
[EARLY OTTOMAN BIBLE / ARMENIAN PRINTING HOUSE] Kitab-i mukaddes yani ahd-i atik ve ahd-i cedid. [i.e. Holy book; or the Old and the New Testaments].
Mode de Paiement
- PayPal
- Carte bancaire
- Virement bancaire
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Détails
- Année
- 1885
- Lieu d'édition
- Istanbul
- Auteur
- [Holy Book - Injil - Tawrat - Bible - Old & New Testament].
- Pages
- 0
- Éditeurs
- English & American Bible Societies Publication / Hagop Boyajian, Printing House
- Format
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Thème
- Judaica, Christianity
- Description
- Hardcover
- Etat de conservation
- Tres bonne condition
- Reliure
- Couverture rigide
Description
Original cloth bdg. 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [4], 1422, [2] p. Text block separated in two columns. Fading title gilt lettering on spine, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce bible in Ottoman Turkish, printed by one of the most famous Armenian printers and published by the English & American Bible Societies in Turkey during the second half of the 19th century. Arshag Hagop Boyajian, (1837-1914), was an Ottoman Armenian printer and a leader of the Armenian Protestant community in the Ottoman Empire. He was born in Diyarbakir and educated at Robert College in Istanbul. During the Crimean War (1853-1856), he served as a translator at the headquarters of the British army in Üsküdar (Scutari), on Istanbul's Asian shore. After a short stay in the United States to perfect his knowledge of modern printing techniques, he established a. (Source: Brill).
Lingue: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
