D.O.M.A. E rerum natura, experimentia, et autorum praestantium fide studio & labore Andreae Libavii M.D.P. ...
Andreas Libavius's 1597 Latin alchemical and chemical compendium, printed by Johannes Saur at Frankfurt am Main for the publisher Peter Kopff, drawn from natural experiment and the work of earlier authorities. The pictures are printed ornamental headpieces and tailpieces of interlaced scrolls, leafy tendrils and foliate knots in black on cream paper, offering a designer dense, symmetrical strapwork patterns suited to borders, lace-like frames and medallion motifs.
