Physica hippocratea, Tackenii, Helmontii, Cartesii, Espagnet, Boylei, etc. aliorumque recentiorum commentariis illustrata Johann Daniel Horst
A 1682 Latin medical commentary by Johann Daniel Horst, printed in Frankfurt by F. Knoch, that gathers Hippocratic physics with notes from Tackenius, Helmont, Descartes and Boyle. The two pictures are small black woodcut printers' ornaments: a grotesque mask surrounded by scrolls and a triangular corner piece of stylised flowers and foliage. A designer could borrow their bold, dense silhouettes and symmetrical scroll structure for emblem or headpiece work.
