Unheard-of curiosities: concerning the talismanical sculpture of the Persians, the horoscope of the Patriarkes; and the reading of the stars / Written in French by James Gaffarel. And Englished by Edmund Chilmead.
A 1650 London edition of Jacques Gaffarel's treatise on talismans and astrology, translated into English by Edmund Chilmead and printed for H. Moseley. The single picture is a close view of a printed talismanic inscription, a column of the word MORIA with a circular ring-and-cross motif, set in a roman capital letterform. A designer could draw on its symmetrical, stacked lettering and the mystical emblem as a model for occult typography.
