Printer’s Mark of Sébastien Gryphe

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Sébastien Gryphe.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Woodcut
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Boston Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Marques typographiques, vol. 2
Author:: Silvestre, Louis-Catherine
Publisher:: Paris: Renou et Maulde (printer), 1867
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Description:

Device used by Sébastien Gryphe, also known as Sebastian Gryphius (1492-1556), featuring a griffin. Gryphe was a German-born printer and bookseller in Lyon. The motto Virtute duce, comite fortuna, surrounding the main motif, means “Under the guidance of valor, accompanied by good fortune."

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