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Latin captions that correspond to title page

Engraved full-body portrait of Simon de Monfort wearing full body armor and carrying sword; family crest in upper left corner; and caption under portrait reading "Simon Comes de Monfort"

Engraved full-body portrait of Jean le Meingre wearing armor; family crest in upper left corner; and caption under portrait reading "Joannes Boucicault Polemarchus"

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"

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.

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…

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.

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…

Title page in black and red lettering with a small print portrait of Quintus Horatius Flaccus.

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.