Disputatio medica inauguralis de leniorum medicamentorum eximio usu
A Latin medical dissertation by Brandan Diderich Behrens, printed at Helmstedt in 1692 by Georg-Wolfgang Hamm, on the use of mild laxatives. The two pictures are typographic: an ornamental capital M opening the dedication, and a symmetrical scrolled cartouche with a central pinecone-like motif. A designer could draw on the dense acanthus-style scrolling and the decorated initial letter for border or header work.
