STC169716 Philippe Villiers de L\'Isle-Adam (1464-1534) refuses the propositions of Sulayman I (1494-1566), 1522, engraved by Jean Baptiste Morret (fl.1790-1820), 1792 (colour litho) by Swebach, Jacques Francois Joseph (1769-1823) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Villiers was Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John; the Order had been based on island of Rhodes since 1310; he was forced to capitulate to Sulayman after a six month siege (1522) and was allowed to leave the island with the surviving knights; took up residence in Malta in 1530;); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright.