Epistolae theosophicae oder theosophische Send-Briefe
An 18th-century German theological collection of letters by mystic Jakob Böhme, printed in 1730 by an unnamed publisher and held by the C.G. Jung library, aimed at readers of Christian mysticism. Its pictures are engraved frontispiece-style plates and ornamental headpieces: one shows doves carrying letters over a harbour town with flames above, the other a symmetrical scrolled cartouche with a sun, birds and foliage. A designer might borrow the flame-ringed dove motif for a message or postal theme, or the symmetrical scroll border for a heraldic label.
