Les elemens de Chymie,...
A French chemistry textbook, Les elemens de Chymie by Jean Béguin, printed in Paris in 1620 by Mathieu Le Maistre for students and practitioners of the period. Its pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments: a decorated initial letter beside French text, a leafy capital N, a central mask flanked by serpents and scrolls, and a floral headpiece above 'Livre Second', useful to a designer seeking historical letterforms, borders and ornamental dividers.
