Oeuvre de A. Mantegna reproduit et publié par Amand-Durand texte par Georges Duplessis, Conservateur-Adjoint du Département des estampes à la Bibliothèque nationale
Paris: Amand-Durand, 69 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, 69, M DCCC LXXVIII
Physical Description
10 pages, 26 [i.e. 27] leaves of plates; 580 mm.
General Note
The book comprises six pages of text by Georges Duplessis, followed by four pages listing and describing the 26 prints. One of the priints, number 17, is presented in two plates.
The work was issued unbound in a portfolio; our copy retains the blue paper covers within the later binding. The printer statement, 'Paris. - Typ. Pillet et Dumoulin, 5, rue des Grands-Augustins', appears on p. 10 as well as on the rear blue paper cover.
Binding Note
Quarter-bound purple leather with spine title in gilt lettering, 'Oeuvre de Mantegna'.