Creator
Cicero.
Title
Pro M. Fonteio M. Tullii Ciceronis oratio ….
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
In Officina Ascensiana [Josse Bade]
Date
1533
Description
Flemish classical scholar and printer Josse Bade (1462–1535) settled in Paris in 1498, and in 1503 he established his own press there with the help of bookman Jean Petit. The title page of this edition of Cicero shows Bade’s famous printer’s device, which incorporates a working printing press. It is the earliest known representation of the machine.
Source
Purchased in 1926.