Collection of Military Machines with the Alphabet of Trithemius (1620) - Page 2

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A rectangular bookplate featuring a central stylized device. The device consists of a tall vertical stem with a sharp point at the bottom, a horizontal crossbar near the top, and a curved hook or loop at the top right, resembling a cross or a stylized letter 'P'. The motto is printed at the base of the stem, divided by the vertical line.

DO WHAT

YOU OUGHT

TO HAVE DONE

WHEN YOU

DIE

original: "Fais ce que tu voudrais avoir fait quand tu mourras." This is a traditional moral maxim advising one to live a life without regrets.

Rochefoucauld [died] 1650 — François V d’Estissac François V de La Rochefoucauld (1588–1650) was a prominent French nobleman and father of the famous author of the 'Maximes'. in 1611 — married — Gabrielle du Plessis Liancourt Created Duke and Peer Duke and Peer: the highest rank of the French nobility, granting the right to sit in the Parliament of Paris by Louis XIII in 1619 — Loyal to Henry IV, he brought him 300 horses and 800 men at Nérac Nérac was a significant stronghold for the Huguenots and Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV) during the French Wars of Religion.