Historia de la vida y hechos del emperador Carlos V. maximo : fortissimo, rey catholico de España, y de las Indias, islas, y tierra firme del mar oceano, &c
A 1681 Spanish-language history of the life and deeds of Emperor Charles V, written by Prudencio de Sandoval and printed in Antwerp by Geronymo Verdussen for a Spanish-reading audience. Its pictures are engraved baroque portrait frames with oval medallion busts of rulers, flanked by allegorical figures, putti, cartouches and scrolled ornament, offering a designer ready models for symmetrical title-page framing and oval portrait layouts.
