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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
