Favstos Buzand (Pavstos Buzandatsi). History of Armenia (Istoriya Armenii). Series: Monuments of Old Armenian Literature, I, 1953. First edition in Russian

Фавстос Бузанд (Павстос Бузандаци, V век). История Армении Фавстоса Бузанда / перевод с древнеармянского и комментарии М. А. Геворгяна ; под редакцией С. Т. Еремяна ; вступительная статья Л. С. Хачикяна ; русский перевод сличен с подлинником Е. Г. Тер-Минасяном ; Академия наук Армянской ССР, Институт истории.
Серия: Памятники древнеармянской литературы, выпуск I.
Ереван : Издательство Академии наук Армянской ССР, 1953. 238 страниц (V + 235) ; обычный формат.
Первое издание на русском языке. Тираж 3000 экземпляров.
Издательский переплёт с золотым тиснением на передней крышке и блинтовым орнаментом.
Переплёт - хорошее: минимальная потёртость по краям и уголкам. Блок - хорошее: чистый, крепкий, бумага слегка кремовая; на титульном листе владельческий инвентарный номер синими чернилами.
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Favstos Buzand (Pavstos Buzandatsi, 5th century). History of Armenia / translated from Old Armenian and annotated by M. A. Gevorgyan ; edited by S. T. Eremyan ; introductory article by L. S. Khachikyan ; Russian translation collated with the original by E. G. Ter-Minasyan ; Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, Institute of History.
Series: Monuments of Old Armenian Literature, issue I.
Yerevan : Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences Press, 1953. 238 pp. (V + 235) ; standard format.
First edition in Russian. Print run of 3,000 copies.
Publisher's binding with gilt lettering on the front board and a blind-tooled ornament.
Binding good: minimal edge and corner wear. Text block good: clean and firm, paper lightly cream-toned; an ownership inventory number in blue ink on the title page.

The first Russian translation of one of the most important sources for the early history of Armenia: the "History of Armenia" of Favstos Buzand, a fifth-century Armenian historian traditionally identified with the author of the "Buzandaran Patmutiwnk'" ("Epic Histories"). Composed in the 470s, the work survives from its third book onward (the first two are lost) and narrates the history of Armenia from the mid-fourth century to the first partition of Armenia between Rome and Persia in 387, a period of intense conflict between the Armenian Arsacid monarchy, the Armenian church, the nakharar nobility, and the neighbouring Roman and Sasanian powers. Alongside Movses Khorenatsi and Agathangelos, Buzand is one of the principal early Armenian historians, and his narrative, rich in oral-epic material and vivid, at times legendary, detail, is a primary source for the religious, political, and social history of Arsacid Armenia and the early Armenian church. This edition, translated and annotated by M. A. Gevorgyan and introduced by the eminent Armenologist L. S. Khachikyan, opened the landmark academic series "Monuments of Old Armenian Literature" issued by the Institute of History of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences, and remains the standard Russian version of the text, of enduring interest to Armenologists, Byzantinists, and historians of the late antique Caucasus.