Printer’s Mark of Sébastien Gryphe

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Printer’s Mark of Sébastien Gryphe — Sébastien Gryphe.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

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

Book

Title:: Marques typographiques, vol. 2
Author(s):: Silvestre, Louis-Catherine
Publisher:: Paris: Renou et Maulde (printer), 1867
Open Library:: View record.

Description

Printer’s Mark of Sébastien Gryphe, also known as Sebastian Gryphius (1492-1556), showing a griffin. Gryphe was a German-born printer and bookseller in Lyon. The motto Virtute duce, comite fortuna means “Under the guidance of valor, accompanied by good fortune.’

Keywords: 16th century, 1860s, 19th century, black & white, griffin, monster, mythology, reference book