8vo. [4], 85pp, [3]. Parallel English and Armenian text. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities marked and lightly rubbed. Text-block separated from wrappers. Internally clean and crisp.

The first edition, in original unsophisticated state, of an anthology of 19 Armenian folk songs translated into English by Armenian Catholic priest, historian, and member of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Ghevont Alishan (1820-1901).