Dissertatio inauguralis medica de lapide manati, : quam Deo benedicente, rectore magnificentissimo, serenissimo principe ac domino Dn. Friderico Wilhelmo, marchione Brandenb. electoratus herede E. R. Iussu gratiosae facultatis medicae sub praesidio excellentissimi viri Dn. Georgii Ernesti Stahl, med. doct. ac. prof. publ. h. t. decani patroni, praeceptoris ac promotoris sui aetatem colendi, pro licentia summos in arte medica honores, juraque & privilegia legitime capessendi, ad d. XXIX. jun. MDCXCIX horis ante- & pomeridianis
This is a 1699 Latin medical dissertation printed at Halle (Halae Magdeburgicae) by Christian Henckel, written by Leopold Albert Labach under the supervision of Georg Ernst Stahl for academic graduates in medicine. The page opens with a large decorated initial A built from a leafy tree and branches, followed by dense black-letter-style roman text set in justified columns. A designer might take from it the strong contrast of a foliate historiated initial against tight classical text, a model for a historic opening capital and body-text layout.
