Histoire des plus illustres et scavans hommes de leurs siecles : tant de l'Europe que de l'Asie, Afrique & Amerique : avec leurs portraits en tailles-douces, tirez sur les veritables originaux
A 1670 Paris biographical collection of portraits of learned men from Europe, Asia, Africa and America, published by François Mauger from originals by André Thevet. Its pictures are small engraved portraits framed in rectangles with name captions, and a designer might take from them the plain, formal convention of the period's copperplate likenesses. The three ornate heraldic-style cartouches with a central bearded mask, scrolls and pendant shapes repeat across the pages and suggest decorative devices for frames or dividers.
