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, published by François Mauger, presenting portraits of learned men from Europe, Asia, Africa and America for a French readership. The pictures are small bust-length engraved portraits set in oval or rectangular frames with name captions beneath, with crosshatched shading on robes, beards and backgrounds, offering a designer a consistent model for framed historical figure portraits.
