| ISBN |
9789081926409 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Lane, John A. |
| Title |
The diaspora of Armenian printing, 1512-2012 = Haykakan gratputʻyan spʻyurkʻĕ, 1512-2012 tʻtʻ : Amsterdam - Yerevan 2012 / [by] John A. Lane |
| Publisher |
Amsterdam : Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam, 2012 |
| Physical desc. |
219 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Published in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia in conjunction with the celebration of 500 years of Armenian printing and the 2012 Yerevan World Book Capital. |
| Accompanies an exhibition held June-September 2012 at the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam, and from December 2012-March 2013 at the National Library of Armenia in Yerevan. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217). |
| Contents |
Armenia, the alphabet and the art of printing -- Armenians print for themselves and Catholics print to convert them -- Scholarly and not so scholarly printing offices -- Armenian printing offices spread but falter -- Armenian printing in Amsterdam -- The Armenian press moves to Livorno, Marseille and Constantinople, and a new press begins in Amsterdam -- Venice and Amsterdam revisited -- Armenian printing spreads around the world and reaches the homeland -- Scholars, Protestant missions, the Armenian Apostolic Church and bible societies -- Westernization, advertising, new fashions ... and Jesuits! |
| Subject |
Printing, Armenian -- History |
| Books -- Armenia -- History |
| Manuscripts, Armenian -- History |
| Armenian imprints -- History |
| Book industries and trade -- Armenia -- History |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Universiteit van Amsterdam Bibliotheek Bijzondere Collecties |
| Hayastani Azgayin Gradaran |
