Vitae et icones sultanorum Turcicorum, principum Persarum aliorumq[ue] illustrium heroum heroinarumq[ue] ab Osmane usq[ue] ad Mahometem II : ad vivum ex antiquis mettallis effictae, primum ex Co[n]sta[n]tinopoli D. Imp. Ferdina[n]do oblatae nunc descriptae & tetras[t]ichis succinctis illustratae

Issued as part of v. 2 of Johann Adam Lonicerus's Pannoniae historia chronologica. De Bry also published a German translation in the same year. See VD16 Engraved title, port. of Boissard on verso. Portrait roundels of 47 rulers drawn by Joris Hoefnagel from medals in the imperial collections. The roundels are set in square borders, within larger rectangular borders that are filled with plants, animals, insects and birds, and include four-line Latin epigrams on the rulers in strap-work cartouches at head and foot. Head- and tail-pieces, initials Signatures: A-2Z⁴ Includes index VD16 Getty copy bound in spinkled calfskin, spine gilt tooled including title: VITA / ICONE. Edges sprinkled red & tan. Printed label of Woodside Library (Dudley, England)