The frontispiece portrait of Leonardo is signed as painted by Léonard De Vinci and engraved by Laguillermie. It carries the printer's imprint, 'Imp. Ch. Chardon ainé - Paris'.
The printer is named on the half-title verso and in the colophon: 'Paris Imp. Simon Bacon Et Comp., Rue D'Erfurth, 1.'
The work is dedicated by Arsène Houssaye to Émilien De Nieuwerkerke.
Summary Note
The title-page vignette shows three portrait-heads, of Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael.
Binding Note
19th-century half brown morocco, brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Léonard De Vinci Arsène Houssaye' and 'R.A.'