Icones Heroum Bellica Virtutue Maxime Illustrium. [Single Leaf Portrait Engraving]. de Stimmer, Tobias [illus]. Valentin Thilo [author] - [1589].

[Basile:]: [Conrad Valdkirch,], [1589].. Rare.. 8vo.. Single leaf. Some minor browning and or foxing at outer edges, contemporary ink pagination numbers to each top corner, else in excellent condition with fine impressions. Each leaf double sided, with two a portrait per side. Suitable for framing. We have several of these rare portrait leaves available. Original old master engravings. Contemporary portraits of important figures of the day, Christian and Muslim. Tobias Stimmer (1539-1584), Swiss painter and illustrator, follower of Hans Holbein the Younger. Peter Paul Rubens described StimmerÕs woodcuts as Òa special jewel of our artÓ, and thought it so good he recommended that students use it for a model. VD16: T979. USTC 664927.