Promtvarii iconvm insigniorvm à secvlo hominvm, subiectis eorum vitis, per compendiũ ex probatissimis autoribus desumptis, editio secunda : illustrium virorum, qui à prima successerunt, imaginibus aucta atque locupletata
A Latin biographical compendium by Guillaume Rouillé, printed at Lyon in 1578, presenting illustrious men through woodcut portraits modelled on ancient coins and medals for a learned readership. The four pictures are small circular woodcut medallions in profile with inscribed legends around the rim, showing emperors and rulers with laurel wreaths, a turban, and a crowned headdress. A designer could take the coin-frame format, the bold legend lettering curving around the circle, and the crisp hatched shading of the profiles as a model for emblem-style badges or seals.
