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 by André Thevet, issued by publisher François Mauger, presenting engraved portraits of notable European, Asian, African and American figures for a learned readership. The pictures are uniform bust-length engravings in fine parallel line work, each with a framed caption plate beneath, offering a designer a consistent model for formal period portrait framing and cartouche lettering.
