Johann Jacob Schlierbachs ... practischer Versuch und Vorstellung, vom Nutzen und Schaden des Aderlassens ...
A German medical treatise by Johann Jacob Schlierbach, published in Giessen in 1748 by Johann Philipp Krieger, for physicians and readers weighing the benefits and harms of bloodletting. The three pictures are a decorated initial letter opening a German text, a title page set in mixed-size black letterpress with a small ornamental vignette, and a black-and-gold bookplate for C.G. Jung with a winged figure, a shield and grape clusters. For a designer, the pairing of heavy blackletter display type with the bookplate's gold-and-black heraldic scheme offers a strong model for period typography and emblematic layout.
