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 Emperor Charles V, written by Prudencio de Sandoval and printed in Antwerp by Geronymo Verdussen for a Spanish reading audience. Its engraved frontispieces place oval portraits of the emperor inside dense allegorical frames of putti, armour, classical figures and ornamental scrollwork, a model for baroque title pages.
































