Printer’s Device of John-Baptise Coignard

Book Title: Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militaires, : et des congregations seculieres de l'un & de l'autre sexe, qui ont esté establies jusqu'à present; contenant ... Les vies de leurs fondateurs & de leurs reformateurs: avec des figures qui repr

Author: Hélyot, Pierre, 1660-1716

Image Title: Printer’s Device of John-Baptise Coignard

Description: The printer’s Device of Jean-Baptiste Coignard (d. 1735) features an open book, reading “Alpha et Omega” (Alpha and Omega) and “Principium et Finis” (Beginning and end) and the printer’s monogram (base) and is flanked by a hooded figure (left) and an angel with the eucharistic elements.

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