Joh. Andreae Stisseri De variis erroribus, chemiae ignorantia in medicina commissis dissertatio epistolaris ad Godefr. Guilielmum Leibnitium
A Latin epistolary dissertation by Johann Andreas Stisser, printed at Helmstedt in 1700 by Georg-Wolfgang Hamm and addressed to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, criticising errors in medicine that stem from ignorance of chemistry. The single picture is a black-on-cream printer's ornament: a symmetrical baroque cartouche of scrolling acanthus leaves framing a diamond-latticed central motif, a decorative device a designer could borrow for dividers, panels or headpieces.
