Io. Chrysippi Faniani De Arte Metallicae Metamorphoseos Liber singularis : Quo omnia, quae ad Philosophici lapidis opus pertinent, apertissimè describuntur
A 1576 alchemical treatise by Johannes Chrysippus Fanianus, printed by Perna, offering a detailed account of the metallic transformation and the work of the philosophers' stone, written for students of alchemy. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, one a large decorated M with a grotesque figure and foliage, the other an I with a cherub-like figure and scrollwork, set beside dense roman type with ornamental capitals a designer could borrow for display lettering and decorative drop caps.
