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May 21, 2016 - May 22, 2016
A PAMPHLET OF A SPEECH TO THE ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA OF COUNT ARGUTINSKIY-DOLGORUKIY, 1799
ARGUTINSKIY-DOLGORUKIY, Joseph (Armenian 1743-1801) RECH, GOVORYONNAYA ... KNYAZEM ARGUTINSKIM-DOLGORUKIM; NA SLUCHAY POZHALOVANIYA YEMU ORDENA SVYATOY ANNY... Speech, Given by ... Count Argutinskiy-Dolgorukiy; on occasion of him receiving an Order of Saint Anne Saint Petersburg: Shnor`s printing house, 1799. 8vo (262 x 203 mm). 4 pages
LITERATURE
Svodnyi Katalog Russkoy Knigi Grazhdanskoy Pechati XVIII Veka, Volume 1 (Moscow, 1963), page 401, cat. #2642
LOT NOTES
Joseph Agutinskiy (called Dolgorukiy) was a prominent Armenian clergy leader, who took part in the process of resettlement of the Armenians from the Crimea and establishing the town Novyi Nakhichevan on the river Don. He also became first Archbishop, and later, Catholicos of all Armenians.