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Caspari Hofmanni Pro veritate opellae tres: I. Adrastea Galeni. II. Exercitationes juveniles contra Parisanum, aliosque. III. Ant-Argenterius.

Hofmann, Gaspard · 1647 · Lutetiae Parisiorum : apud Casparum Meturas · 7 pictures

A Latin medical treatise compiled by Gaspard Hofmann and printed in Paris in 1647 by Casparus Meturas, collecting three separate works on Galenic medicine. The pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a central face framed by plumed headdress, foliage, and scrolled volutes, plus a related heraldic-style cartouche with monkeys and tassels, offering a designer compact symmetrical emblem motifs suited to borders, vignettes, and bookplates.

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