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 collection of biographical portraits, compiled from André Thevet's earlier work and published by François Mauger for a general readership of learned and curious readers. The plates are small framed engraved busts of historical figures, each with a caption plate giving the subject's name. For a designer, they show a consistent formal system of oval-free rectangular frames, three-quarter profile heads, and armour and costume rendered in fine parallel line hatching.
