Armenia.- Serpos (Giovanni de) Compendio Storico di Memorie Cronologiche concernenti la Religione e la Morale della nazione Armena suddita dell'Impero Ottomano, 3 vol., first edition, ?lacking half-title in vol.1, with errata at end of each vol., light damp-staining to lower margin of vol.1 & 2 sometimes causing fraying, modern half calf, spines gilt, [Not in Atabey or Blackmer], 8vo, Venice, Carlo Palese, 1786.
⁂ Scarce history of the Catholic Armenians' struggle to be recognised as a distinct religious community within the Ottoman Empire. The author was a member of an influential Armenian banking family established in Constantinople.
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