De lapide philosophico per breve opusculum, quod ab ignoto aliquo Germanico philosopho, pene ante ducentos annos, conscriptum & liber alze nuncupatum fuit, nunc vero in lucem editum
A 1677 alchemical treatise on the philosophers' stone, published by Hermannum a Sande and drawn from the library of C.G. Jung, which presents a single engraved emblem of a bearded head at the centre of a seven-pointed star wheel ringed with planetary symbols, circular vignettes of landscapes, and corner figures. The engraving is dense and symmetrical, offering a designer a model for radial composition, emblematic framing, and early-modern hand-cut linework.
