Ioannis Fabri Bambergensis ... In imagines illvstrivm ex Fvlvii Vrsini Bibliotheca
A 1606 Latin book of classical biography printed by the Plantin press in Antwerp, compiled by Johann Faber from Fulvio Orsini's library, for scholars and collectors of antiquity. Its pictures are engraved portrait busts of ancient figures set in roundels on stippled grounds, each in profile with carefully rendered hair, drapery and ornamental borders, offering a designer models of classical medallion framing and engraved tonal shading.








































































































































































