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'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Book ornamentation - Early printed books, Belgium - Printing History. Belgium Antwerp - Title pages

Contributors

Peter Paul Rubens, source artist
Max Rooses, author
Officina Plantiniana (Antwerp), publisher/bookseller, printer