M. Gabriel Drechslers Curiöser und lesenswürdiger Tractat von Goldmachen
A 1751 German treatise on alchemy, Gabriel Drechsler's curious and readable tract on making gold, printed by Meltzer and aimed at alchemy enthusiasts and collectors of the occult. The first picture is a page of dense black-letter German type with a central floral ornament of a vase of flowers flanked by two urn-shaped finials, and the second is a woodcut vignette of a shield with a crown and tassels framed by scrolling acanthus and foliage, useful to a designer for period ornament, page layout and framed text blocks.
