Vermot de Pas: Ana And James Melikian Collection, Part I: Armenia, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia, 171319, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 21, 2025 - December 21, 2025
Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45

New Testament in Persian (Farsi), 1841

Calcutta 1841 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 378.00
46

Letter from King Alfonso V, 1476

1476 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
47

[Spanish Inquisition]

1556, 1640 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
48

Six pages of a Portuguese antiphonary

Portugal 17th century. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
49

P. Antonio PIMENTA, Sciographia Da nova Prostimasia celeste,

Lisbon 1665 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
51

Spanish manuscript of religious songs, 1774

1774 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 630.00
52

French manuscript from the 18th century

1772 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
53

Compendio da Historia de Portugal

1856 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
54

Gaspard FOSSATI, Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as

London 1852 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,520.00
55

Autograph of Geronimo

EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,898.00
162

Two illuminated leaves with Armenian inscriptions, 13th cent

13th century EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,332.00
163

Illuminated leaf from an Armenian gospel Armenia, probably 1

15th-17th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,890.00
164

Three leaves from an Armenian lectionary or synaxary (16th-1

16th-17th centuries) EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
165

A liturgical compilation, bringing together various prayers,

16th or 17th century. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,890.00
166

Illuminated leaf from an Armenian compilation (Zhoghovatsow)

Hamadan, Iran 17th century. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
167

Armenian dictionary, 1706

1706 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
168

Armenian manuscript, 1742

1742 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
169

Manuscript collection of three theological treatises, 1779

1779 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
170

The Pastoral Staff (Ts`owp K`ahanayits`), early 19th century

early 19th century EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 630.00
171

Two patriarchal bulls of blessing known as Kondak (Kondak)

1796 and 1818-1819 EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
172

Patriarchal bull of blessing known as Kondak (Kondak)

1866 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
173

Medical manuscript on remedies for eye diseases (late 18th -

late 18th - early 19th century EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
174

Sermons on Purgatory (late 18th - early 19th century)

(late 18th - early 19th century) EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
175

Armenian prayer scroll known as Hmayil (hmayil )

Probably Constantinople 18th century. EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,260.00
176

Armenian prayer scroll known as Hmayil (hmayil)

Constantinople or Ottoman Armenia 18th century. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 819.00
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