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
227

Baghdassar Dpir, Armenian Grammar (K`erakanowt`iwn), 1736-1738

Constantinople 1736-1738. EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 756.00
228

Abbe Mekhitar de Sebaste (Mkhit`ar Sebastats`i), Dictionnaire de

1749 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
229

Reunion of 3 engraved maps, 1749

Venice 1749 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,276.00
230

P. Carlo Risoli, The Eternal Truth (Chshmartowt`iwn yawitenakan

Venice 1750 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 151.20
231

Saint James of Nisibe (Yakob Mtsbnats`i), Sermons (Charhk`), 1756

Rome 1756 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,008.00
232

The Four Gospels (Awetaran), 1759

Venice 1759 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 14,112.00
233

The Four Gospels (Awetaran), 1769

Constantinople 1769 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,016.00
234

Movses Baghramian (Movses Baghramean), Exhortation (Yordorak)

Madras 1772 EUR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 56,700.00
235

Psalter (Tonats`oyts`), 1773

Etchmiadzine 1773 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
236

Matteos de Tokat, The Mystery of Divine Worship (Khorhowrd as

Venice 1775 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 441.00
237

Priest Mesrop (Mesrop Erets`), History of the Armenians and Ge

Madras (India) 1775 EUR 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 19,530.00
238

Liturgical Manual of the Holy Mass (Khorhrdatetr Srbazan Pata

Rome 1777 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 25,263.00
239

Book of the Diaconate and Choir for the Celebration of Mass

Rome 1777 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 50,400.00
240

Selected sermons (K`sawerios Dorhneants`), 1781

Venice 1781 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
241

Armenian alphabets, 1782

Paris and Liege 1782 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 315.00
242

P. Mikayel Tchamchian (Mik`ayel Ch`amch`eants`), Histoire de l'Arme

Venice 1784-1786. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
243

Beautiful map of Europe with Armenian captions, 1786

1786 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 6,300.00
244

Liturgy of the Gospels (Awetaran Chashow) and Synaxary (Tonats`o

St. Petersburg 1786 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 252.00
245

Patriarch Hagop Nalian, The Spiritual Armor (Zen hogewor), 1

Constantinople 1787 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 567.00
246

Armenian-Russian Dictionary (Hay-rhowseren barharan) & Sai

St. Petersburg 1788 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,812.00
247

Saint Nerses the Gracious (Sowrb Nerses Shnorhali), General E

St. Petersburg (Russia) 1788 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 10,080.00
248

The Psalms of David and the Abridged Calendar, 1789

Venice 1789 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,583.00
249

Map of the Ottoman Empire in its European parts, captioned i

Venice (not Moscow) 1791 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
250

The Four Gospels (Awetaran), 1796

Constantinople 1245/1796 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,040.00
251

Nuovo compendio della vita, martirio, morte, miracoli, e tre

Rome 1796 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
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