Herōologia Anglica, hoc est, Clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliq[uo]t Anglorum qui floruerunt ab anno Cristi M.D. usq[ue] ad presentem annum M.D.CXX vivae effigies, vitae, et elogia duobus tomis

Holland, Henry, 1583-1650?, Passe, Crispijn van de, ca. 1565-1637, Passe, Magdalena van de, 1600-ca. 1638, Passe, Willem van de, 1598-ca. 1637, Buchel, Arnold, 1565-1644, Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. CMalG · 1620 · [Arnhem] : Impensis Crispini Passaei calcographus [sic] et Jansonij bibliopolae Arnhemiensis · 36 pictures

Herōologia Anglica is a 1620 collection of engraved portraits of notable English men and women from 1500 to 1620, printed at Arnhem by Crispijn van de Passe and Jansonius with engravings by Passe's children, made for a learned reading public. Its pictures are oval-framed busts with Latin inscriptions and ornate lettering around the rims, showing a designer how portrait medallions can be framed by text.

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