Dodoens, Florum, 1568 (A1r)

Christopher Plantin’s printer’s device illustrates his motto, “Constantia et Labore” (“Perseverance and Work”) with a compass, the fixed point of which represents the constancy of perseverance and the outer point representing labor.

Christopher Plantin's printer's device illustrates his motto, "Constantia et Labore" ("Perseverance and Work") with a compass, the fixed point of which represents the constancy of perseverance and the outer point representing labor.

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Rembert Dodoens, Florvm, et coronariarvm odoratarvmqve nonnvllarvm herbarvm historia. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1568. (sig. A1r)

Getty Research Institute, QK41 .D64 (public domain)

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