Lexicon alchemiae sive dictionarium alchemisticum, cum obscuriorum verborum, & rerum hermeticarum, tum Theophrast-Paracelsicarum phrasium, planam explicationem continens
Martin Ruland's Lexicon alchemiae is a 1612 alchemical dictionary published at Frankfurt by Zacharias Palthenius, explaining obscure hermetic and Paracelsian terms for scholars and practising alchemists. Its pictures are small woodcut and letterpress devices: an ornate arabesque initial, a decorative header band, a triangle of planetary and alchemical symbols, and a later bookplate with a winged angel, shield and grapevine motifs, offering a designer dense scrollwork, symbolic lettering and heraldic composition.
