Principes Hollandiae et Zelandiae, domini Frisiae : cvm genuinis ipsorum iconibus, à Theodorico Aquitaniae ad Iacobam Bauariae, diuersorum quondam pictorum opera, ad viuum sedulò depictis : nunc autem primum ex vetustissimis parietibus, in Carmelo obsessae vrbis Harlemi, per praesidiarios direpto, industria Guilielmi Thybauti repertis, ac sincerè vnà cum reliquorum principum figuris, ad instar probatissimorum exemplarium delineatis
A 1578 Antwerp book printed by Christophorus Plantinus for the engraver Philippe Galle, reproducing the portraits of the early counts and princes of Holland and Zeeland, copied from old wall paintings in Haarlem. Sentence two: each full-length engraving shows a crowned or helmeted armoured figure with a heraldic shield, sword and cloak, labelled with a Latin name below; a designer could draw on the heraldic lion shields, layered armour and period costume.





























