Le vray et methodique cours de la physique resolutive, vulgairements dite chymie representé par figures generales & particulieres pour connoistre la theotechnie ergocosmique, c'est a dire, l'art de Dieu en l'ouvrage de l'univers. Seconde édition, avec l'indice des matieres de ce volume, & quelques additions. Par Annibal Barlet
A 1657 French alchemy and chemistry treatise by Annibal Barlet, printed in Paris for the author and aimed at readers of natural philosophy and chemistry. Its pictures are woodcut historiated initials and tailpiece vignettes: ornate capitals filled with flowers, foliage, and figures, plus a small scene with a seated figure, a sunburst, and a tower, offering designers dense decorative frames and a 17th-century French ornamental vocabulary for borders and drop caps.
