Plate illustrating a personification of 'Printing'
Description
Plate engraving illustrating a personification of 'Printing'.The figure is a woman in a chequered habit with the letters of the alphabet on it. She holds a trumpet in one hand around which a scroll is entwined reading 'Ubique' ("everywhere"); in the other hand she hold the house-leek plant (genus 'sempervivum') with the word 'Semper ("always") written on it. A printing press stands by her.