Titels en portretten gesneden naar P. P. Rubens voor de Plantijnsche drukkerij = Titres et portraits gravés d'après P. P. Rubens pour l'imprimerie Plantinienne
RA Collection: Book
Record number
12/3699
Imprint
Antwerpen: Plantijnsche drukkerij, MDCCCLXXVII
Physical Description
[35] p., 35 leaves of plates : illus. ; 450 mm.
General Note
This work contains 35 title-pages designed by Peter Paul Rubens for the Plantin Press between 1612 and 1640 and printed from the original plates. The printer's device on the title-page of this volume, as well as the one at the end of the work, are both also designed by Rubens for the Plantin Press. The reprinted title-pages are preceded by descriptive text written by Max Rooses, printed in parallel text (Flemish and French). The book was published by order of the Musée Plantin-Moretus.
Binding Note
The book is bound in cream cloth with lettering on the spine in black ink, 'Titels En Portretten Naar P. P. Rubens' and 'R. A. Antwerpen 1877'.