Von der hermetischenn Philosophia das ist von dem gebenedeiten Stain der Weisen der hocherfahrnen und fürtrefflichen Philosophen Herren Bernhardi Graven von der Marck und Tervis ein Buch : item dicta Alani, darinn alles hell und klar an Tag geben wirdt ... ex libris doctoris Hernici Wolffii ...
A 1574 German alchemical treatise by Bernardus Trevisanus, printed by Christian Müller, bearing the bookplate of C.G. Jung's collection and written for readers of hermetic philosophy. Its pages open with large ornamental initial letters surrounded by scrollwork and leafy tendrils, set against dense black-letter text, and the bookplate shows a winged angel above a heraldic shield with a star, cross and grape-like motif. A designer might draw on the strong contrast between heavy filigree capitals and compact blackletter columns, or on the banner-like lettering and symmetrical heraldry of the bookplate.
