Printer's Device of Mathias Gast

Book Title: Reuerendissimi D. Domini Melchioris Cani episcopi Canariensis ... : De locis Theologicis Libri duodecim : cum Indice copiosissimo atq[ue] locupletissimo

Author: Cano, Melchor, 1509?-1560

Image Title: Printer's Device of Mathias Gast

Description: The printer's device of Mathias Gast (fl. 1563-1577) consists of a skeleton chopping down a tree with the Latin motto SECURIS AD RADICEM POSITA EST, or "the ax is positioned at the root".

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