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A series of four engravings depicting aspects of religious rituals and practices from ancient Mediterranean cultures, including Greek, Roman, and Egyptian. The engraving on the top right depicts a supplicant praying before a temple of Pomona, the Latin and Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards, who is depicted to the supplicant's left.

The title page of Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, featurnig an engraving depicting, clockwise from the top, Christianity represented by angels surrounding the Bible, bearing the Latin phrase “biblia sacra concilia et traditiones” and a woman holding a communion chalice, Buddhism by two men praying (bottom right), Islam by one man reading the Qu’ran to his suffering companion, and Judaism by a woman reading the Old Testament, as a blindfolded woman with bat wings holds a lantern for her (left).

An engraving depicting a bust of Wenceslas, King of Germany, surrounded by a sword, manacle, and orbis cruciger with a barred window in the background.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Poggio Bracciolini hanging in a window above a stack of books on the windowsill with the city of Florence in the distance.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Pierre de Foix topped with a galero and surrounded by a cherub holding an olive branch and leaning on a column above a multi-headed dragon that has been decapitated. There is an inscription at the bottom reading, "Il finit le Schisme et donna la paix au Siege de Rome."

An engraving depicting a bust of Jan Žižka atop a column featuring a laurel wreath. The figure is wearing armor and a helmet with a partial eyepatch.

An engraving depicting a portrait of John Wycliffe framed in a laurel wreath with a pile of books and papers being burned, representing the declaration by the Council of Constance that his works should be burned.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Jerome of Prague with a fire built below the portrait, the flames catching along the sides and frame in reference to his execution by burning at the stake.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Jean Gerson placed above a pen and ink well, a galero, a dog, a book, and a crest featuring a cherub, stars, and moon.

An engraving depicting a portrait of St. Bridget of Sweden above a crosier, a coat of arms bearing a cross, and an image of Jesus appearing to her to convey the number of blows he suffered during the Passion.

An engraving depicting a bust of Pope Gregory XII atop a plinth featuring his coat of arms. Surrounding the bust is a broken key and a papal crown, and in the background is a wall depicting what might be the Judgement of Solomon, a possible reference to his oversight of the Council of Constance and the resolution of the Western Schism.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Sigismond, the Holy Roman Emperor, as a medallion hanging on a platform above a his coat of arms.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Pierre D'Ailly above a hand emerging from a cloud holding a scale, one side with a pair of tablets (possibly the Ten Commandments) and a crosier, miter, and galero on the other.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Jan Hus, framed in laurels, with a depiction of his execution by burning at the stake below the portrait.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, with his coat of arms below the portrait.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Cardinal Jean Allarment de Brogny hanging from a tree, a pair of shoes hanging from the bottom of the frame, and a schene of a pair of monks speaking with a farmer in the background.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Antipope John XXIII, a pair of manacles hanging above and to the sides of the portrait, while a Papal crown, owl, crossbow, crossed keys, another manacle, and the Antipope's coat of arms depicted below.

An engraved headpiece to the dedication of Lenfant's Histoire du concile de Constance : tirée principalement d'auteurs qui ont assisté au concile depicting an unidentified coat of arms (presumably connected to King Louis XIV of France or the French Royal Family). The coat of arms consist of a pair of wild men as supporters, holding ups a mantle above the shield and crown. The shield depicts approximately twenty-eight different elements of various design, including two smaller shields with crests in the form of crowns.

The title page of Histoire du concile de Constance : tirée principalement d'auteurs qui ont assisté au concile with a decorative engraving depicting the council in session.

An engraving depicting a portrait of Frederick William I of Prussia, possibly after a painting by Antoine Pesne, with a crown, scepter, and orbis cruciger on a cushion to the right of the portrait.

A decorative woodcut appearing on the end page and depicting a tree with a bird coming in to land and a blank shield at its base.