Printer's Device of Christoph Froschauer, the Younger

Book Title: Operum / D. Huldrichi Zvinglii, ; vigilantissimi Tigurinae ecclesiae antistitis ; partim quidem ab ipso Latine conscriptorum, partim vero è vernaculo sermone in Latinum translatorum

Author: Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531

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

Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (1532-1585) of Zurich, whose name is seen on the banner with an alternate spelling. 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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