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In Memory of Lord Byron`s Sojourn at St. Lazarus, Venice, (1816), "Armenian album on Byron",
English language, 1937, 16 leaves, (Oblong 24.5 cms x 13.5 cms) , iIllustrations, photographs. . condition: very good.
In 1816, Byron visited San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice, where he acquainted himself with Armenian culture with the help of the monks belonging to the Mechitarist Order. With the help of Father Pascal Aucher (Harutiun Avkerian), he learned the Armenian language and attended many seminars about language and history. He co-authored Grammar English and Armenian in 1817, an English textbook written by Aucher and corrected by Byron, and A Grammar Armenian and English in 1819, a project he initiated of a grammar of Classical Armenian for English speakers, where he included quotations from