Publisher's Device of Frans Houttuyn

Book Title: Des menschen begin, midden en einde : vertoonende het kinderlyk bedryf en aanwasch in eenenvyftig konstige figuuren, met goddelyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen / door Joannes Luiken ; met het leven van den autheur

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: Publisher's Device of Frans Houttuyn

Description: This device of Amsterdam publisher Frans Houttuyn (c. 1719-1765) represents a visual pun on his name, which means "timberyard." Amid haphazadly arranged bundles of timber, a long plank runs across like a bridge .

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