Book Title: La Sainte Bible / traduite en françois sur la Vulgate; avec des notes courtes tirées des SS. Peres & des meilleurs interprétes, pour l'intelligence des endroits les plus difficiles, La traduction du Pseautier selon l'Hébreu à côté de la Vulgate, et La concorde des quatre évangelistes: le tout divisé en trois tomes ...

Author: Bible. French. Le Maistre de Sacy. 1700.

Image Title: Printer's Device of Jean Francois Bronckart

Description: The printer's device of Jean Francois Bronckart (a. 1695 - 1720) depicts a veiled woman (representing faith) stands with an anchor (representing hope) and a burning heart (love). The illustration includes the Tetragrammaton and the Latin motto ARDET AMANS SPE NIXA FIDES which roughly translates to "burning love and hope support faith." Flanking the plaque, two pairs of women represent the cardinal virtues: on the left, Fortitude props up a column, and Justice carries a balance and a sword; on the right, Temperance pours water from a vase into a goblet, and Prudence holds a mirror in one arm as a snake enwraps her other arm.

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