Parthenopoeia, or, The history of the most noble and renowned kingdom of Naples : with the dominions therunto annexed and the lives of all their kings
A 1654 English history of the Kingdom of Naples by Scipione Mazzella, printed in London for the bookseller Humphrey Moseley, with its dominions and the lives of its kings. The pictures are small oval woodcut portraits of Neapolitan kings, each in a crown or cap within an ornamented frame, mostly bust views in profile or three-quarter turn. A designer could take from them a compact system of oval portrait medallions set in scrollwork borders, with varied hair, beards and crowns.
