Printer's Device of Christoph Froschauer, the Younger

Book Title: Bibliorvm codex sacer et avthenticvs, Testamenti vtriusq[ue] Veteris & Noui ex Hebræa & Græca veritate, quàm proximè ad literam quidem fieri potuit, fidelissimè translatus in linguam Latinam : de vniuersa huius operis ratione, differetur in subiecta praefatione

Author: Pagnini, Sante, b. 1470, tr.

Image Title: Printer's Device of Christoph Froschauer, the Younger

Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (1532-1585) of Zurich. The inclusion of a man riding a frog in front of a tree in this device is a play on his surname (Frosch = Frog), which means 'frog meadow'.

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