The Old Armenian Translation of the Georgian Historical Chronicles "Kartlis Tskhovreba" (Kartlis tskhovrebis dzveli somkhuri targmani) / compiled by Ilia Abuladze. First edition, 1953. In Georgian and Armenian.

ქართლის ცხოვრების ძველი სომხური თარგმანი : ქართული ტექსტი და ძველი სომხური თარგმანი გამოკვლევითა და ლექსიკონით / გამოსცა ილია აბულაძემ ; რედაქტორი აკაკი შანიძე. პირველი გამოცემა.
თბილისი : იოსებ სტალინის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა, 1953. VIII, 344 გვერდი.
მაგარი ყდა. 24 სმ. ტირაჟი 1 000 ც. პარალელური თავფურცელი რუსულ და სომხურ ენებზე.
მდგომარეობა კარგი: ყდა კარგად არის შენახული, აღინიშნება მხოლოდ კიდეების მსუბუქი ცვეთა; წიგნის ბლოკი მტკიცე და სუფთაა.
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The Old Armenian Translation of the Georgian Historical Chronicles "Kartlis Tskhovreba" : Georgian text and the Old Armenian translation with an investigation and glossary / compiled and published by Ilia Abuladze ; editor Akaki Shanidze. First edition.
Tbilisi : I. V. Stalin Tbilisi State University Press, 1953. VIII, 344 pp.
Hardcover. 24 cm. Print run of 1,000 copies. Added title page in Russian and Armenian.
Front free endpaper bears a previous owner's brief signature and date (1954) in blue ink.
Condition good: binding is well-preserved with light edge wear; text block is firm and clean.

A cornerstone work of Caucasian philology and medieval historiography. This volume presents the first critical edition of the ancient Armenian translation of "Kartlis Tskhovreba" (The Georgian Chronicles), the principal compendium of medieval Georgian history. The critical text, extensive linguistic investigation, and glossary were meticulously prepared by Ilia Abuladze (1901-1968), a distinguished Georgian philologist, founder of the Institute of Manuscripts, and a leading authority on Old Georgian and Armenian literary relations. The volume was edited by the prominent linguist Akaki Shanidze. The book places the original Old Georgian historical texts alongside their medieval Armenian translations, offering an invaluable comparative tool for analyzing the textual transmission, historical accuracy, and linguistic evolution of the Caucasus region. The Armenian translation, executed between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, preserved crucial early readings of the Georgian chronicles that were later lost or altered in the surviving Georgian manuscripts. Published in 1953 by the Tbilisi State University Press in a severely limited print run of only 1,000 copies, this specific first edition is a remarkable bibliographical rarity. It remains an indispensable primary resource for scholars of Armenology, Kartvelology, and Eastern Christian medieval history. Complete copies in their original functional hardcover bindings are highly sought after by institutional libraries and advanced collectors of Caucasian antiquities.