Oeuvre de A. Mantegna reproduit et publié par Amand-Durand texte par Georges Duplessis, Conservateur-Adjoint du Département des estampes à la Bibliothèque nationale

Andrea Mantegna

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/3700

Author

Imprint

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'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Engraving, Italian

Contributors

Andrea Mantegna, source artist
Georges Victor Antoine Gratet-Duplessis, author
Amand-Durand, Charles, printmaker, publisher
Pillet et Dumoulin (Paris), printer