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 collection of engraved portrait biographies of illustrious men of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, compiled by André Thevet and issued by publisher François Mauger for a general readership of educated buyers. The pictures are small bust-and-half-length engraved portraits, each set in a plain rectangular caption frame, showing armoured commanders and rulers in hats, collars and breastplates, with cross-hatched linework a designer could borrow for period costume and stern historical figures.
