Printer's Device of Samuel Selfisch

Book Title: Icones catecheseos et uirtutum ac uitiorum illustratae numeris / Iohannis Hofferi ... ; item Historia passionis Domini nostri Iesu Christi effigiata

Author: Hoffer, Johann, 1534-1583

Image Title: Printer's Device of Samuel Selfisch

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Description: The printer’s device of Samuel Selfisch (monogram at base) shows the prophet Samuel anointing David King of Israel, who kneels in prayer with his attribute, the harp, nearby. The publication in which this appears lists Johannes Crato (= Johann Krafft; d. 1578) as the printer.

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