Voskan Yerevantsi


Voskan Yerevantsi, was one of the first Armenian book publishers during the years 1640-1666. He published the Bible in Amsterdam on October 13, 1668, which is believed to be one of the best samples of old Armenian printing.

Biography

Voskan Yerevantsi was born in 1614 in New Julfa, the son of parents who had been deported from Yerevan in 1604-1605 during the relocation ordered by Shah Abbas I of Persia.