Geheimniss der Natur des grossen und kleinen Bauers, in welchem die Materie und Erkänntniss des einigen und wahren Subjecti universalis magni & illius Praeparatio umständlich beschrieben wird ...
A 1731 German alchemical treatise by Johannes Walch, published anonymously, addressed to readers of chymical writings and printed in black-letter type with decorative initials and ornaments. The three pictures are a large ornamental initial letter, a woodcut-style cartouche of scrolling foliage, and a bookplate from the library of C.G. Jung with a winged angel, a shield, and a star-and-cross device. A designer could draw on the flourished letterforms, the carved scroll ornament, and the bookplate's heraldic layout in yellow, grey and black.
