Les augustes representations de tous les roys de France : depuis Pharamond jusqu'a Louys XIIII dit le Grand, a present regnant, 1679 : auec vn abregé historique sous chacun, contenant leurs naissances, inclinations, et actions plus remarquables pendant leurs regnes
A 1679 Paris portrait collection of French kings, engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin and published by the widow of P. Bertrand, with a short historical biography beneath each king. The single plate shows a bust-length king in armour and a plumed helmet, framed in an oval cartouche with a ribbon-tied crown above and dense French text and a coat of arms below. A designer could take the formal oval frame, ribboned crest and engraved crosshatched armour as a model for dignified heraldic-style portrait framing.
