Printer’s Device of Louis Billaine

Book Title: Opera omnia. Collecta in unum. Cura? & studio vnius è S. Mauri Congregatione Monachi Benedictini

Author: Peter, ca. 1115-1183

Image Title: Printer’s Device of Louis Billaine

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Description: The printer’s device of French publisher Louis Billaine (fl. 1652 – 1681), features a flaming heart held beneath the sun with the Latin phrase QUID VOLO NISI UT ACCENDATUR meaning “how I wish it were already kindled,” a verse from Luke 12.

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