Gregor. HorstI D. Dissertatio de natura amoris : in illustris Academiae Giessenae panegyrica festivitate publice proposita, cum tres eruditione & virtute macti viri-juvenes Artis Medicae Laureâ Doctorali solemniter IV. non. April. anno MDCXI. ab eodem coronarentur, additis resolutionibus quaestionum dnn. candidatorum, de cura furoris amatorii, de philtris, atque de pulsu amantium
A 1611 Latin medical dissertation by physician Gregor Horst, printed at Giessen by Casparus Chemlinus for the university's festive graduation ceremony, on the nature of love, the treatment of lovesick madness, love potions and the pulse of lovers. The pictures are small letterpress ornaments: a woodcut mask-like head framed by scrolls, and a decorated initial letter beside a block of text. A designer might take from them the compact printed ornament of early modern scholarly title pages and the tight fit of decorative initials against text.
