Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 4610. Estimate $20.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tahtadjian, H.S. Cours complet de Broderie artistique et du Canevas, Contenant toute sorte d'initiales isolées et entrelacées. (Constantinople, ND). Forward with portrait of Madam Tahtadjian, double portraits of the saints Sahag and Mesrop, 29 pages of printed patterns for embroidery initials in western and Armenian letters. Oblong folio volume printed in late 19th century Ottoman Constantinople for the instruction of Armenian embroidery workers. Unusual and probably rare. Text in Armenian. Printed paper covers. Fine condition, folded once. ($20)