Image of the first page of the biography of the only woman artist, Properzia de' Rossi, included in this text. She was a sculptress from the city of Bologna. Text under portrait reads "M. PROPERTIA DE' ROSSI SCVLT. BOLOGNESE." Translation: "M.…
Image of the colophon. The text of the colophon is written in Latin while the rest of the book is written in Italian. The colophon appears at the end of the third volume and includes a printer's mark.
Print illustration for emblem "La Debauche rend l'Esprit Hebete" (Debauchery rends the spirit dazed). Depicts a distressed figure laying on a bed and a table with plates and a chalice.
Print illustration for emblem "La Debauche rend l'Esprit Hebete" (Debauchery rends the spirit dazed). Detail of the table with the medusa shield underneath and a broken club.
Frontispiece, portrait of Otto van Veen and a poem by Daniel Heinsius. Portrait signed: Gertrudis filia, eius, pinx [i.e. Gertruida van Veen, daughter]; De Larmessin sculp. Print by De Larmessin and based on a portrait created by Veen's daughter…
Detail from portrait of Otto van Veen showing signature: Gertrudis filia, eius, pinx [i.e. Gertruida, his daughter]; Printed by De Larmessin and based on a portrait created by Veen's daughter Gertuida van Veen.
Printed type of the title of the book,Les Portraits Des Hommes Illustres Francois;mention of the subjects of the book, whose portraits are in the gallery of the palace of Cardinal Richelieu; author, Marc De Vulson; publisher, Jaques Cottin; and date…
Written in moveble type, engravers Heince and Bignon sign off on a letter to Pierre Séguier, chancellor of France, as his "very humble and very obedient servants". A copper-colored stain surrounds a hole at the bottom of the page.
Engraved full-body portrait of Gaucher de Chastillon wearing chest armor and cape; family crest in upper right corner; and caption under portrait reading "Scævola de Chastillon Comes Stabuli"