Sirarpie Der Nersessian, ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE FREER GALLERY OF ART, published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, 1963, and printed in Baltimore at Port City Press.
11 x 14 inch large format, 145 pages, plus108 black and white and color plates. Scholarly yet accessible treatment by the greatest Armenian art historian of the twentieth century. A classic in the history of Armenian art!! English text with complete scholarly descriptions of each manuscript plus Armenian colophons printed in their entirety in Armenian script. The plates contain 372 figures with an average of 3 to 4 figures on each page. The Freer collection includes 8 of the most important Armenian manuscripts in the USA.
Like new condition, with gift inscription. RARE and extremely important.