The universall medicine: or the virtues of my magneticall or antimoniall cup
A 1642 London medical pamphlet by John Evans, printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, promoting a magnetic or antimonial cup as a universal remedy for a general readership. The four pictures are small printed ornaments: a rosette-like flower inside an oval frame, a decorative capital T of interlaced scrolls and leaves, a strip of flowers, leaves and a crown, and a British Museum duplicate stamp, which is a scan mark rather than part of the book. A designer might take the dense, hatched woodcut borders and fleurons as models for antique letterpress decoration.
