Des hochgelahrten Philalethae drey schöne und auserlesene Tractätlein von Verwandelung der Metallen : samt Wigands vom rothen Schilde ... beygefügtem Tractätlein genannt Die Herrligkeit der Welt ...
A 1675 German alchemy compilation of treatises on transmuting metals, published by Christian Guth and drawn from the library of C.G. Jung, aimed at readers of esoteric and chemical learning. Its pictures are a modern armorial bookplate with a winged angel above a shield bearing a cross, star and grapes in gold and grey, and a dense black woodcut ornament with a grotesque bearded mask set in scrolling strapwork. A designer could draw on the contrast between the sleek Art Nouveau heraldry and the dark, knotted early-modern woodcut decoration.
