Printer's Device of Christoph Froschauer, the Elder

Book Title: Tomus secundus : in quo continetur Historia sacra, Prophetae in quam priores, libri uidelicet Iosue, Iudicum, Ruth, Samuelis, Regum, & ex Hagiographis, Paralipomenon, Ezr[a]e, Nehemiae, & Hester / Commentarijs Chuonradi Pellicani Rubeaquensis illustrati.

Author: Pellicanus, Konrad, 1478-1556

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

Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) of Zurich includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog), which means 'frog meadow'. The metal engraving is by Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein, the Younger.

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