Commentarius de abusu tabaci americanorum veteri, et herbae thee asiaticorum in Europa novo
Simon Paulli's Latin treatise, printed at Strasbourg (Argentorati) in 1665, argues against tobacco and tea use in Europe and recommends myrtle instead, written for physicians and scholars. Its pictures are a decorated initial, a plate of teapots and vessels labelled with letters and figure numbers, a Paris medical school seal bearing a bearded profile, and a title page excerpt in heavy roman type, so a designer might take cues from engraved technical diagrams, letter-labelled figures, and dense early modern display lettering.
