Magick and astrology vindicated from those false aspersions and calumnies, which the ignorance of some hath cast upon them. In which is contained true definitions of the said arts and the justifications of their practise, proved by the authority of Scripture, and the experience of ancient and modern authors. With observations from several remarkable conjunctions and apparitions. As those three suns that appeared before the Kings death, &c. Impartially communicated for the publique good / By Hardick Warren.
A 1651 London treatise by Hardick Warren defending magic and astrology against critics, printed by J.M. for N. Brook and addressed to the general public. Its one picture is a dense block of dark woodcut ornament: crowned heads and scrolling foliage on a tan ground, with leaves, a small scroll-like flourish and interlaced shapes filling the frame. A designer could draw on its bold, heavy linework and crowded all-over pattern for tight decorative borders or textured backgrounds.
