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Des Hn. Bernhardi, Grafen von der Marck und Tervis chymische Schrifften von dem gebenedeyten Stein der Weisen / Aus dem Lateinischen ins Teutsche übersetzet ingleichen mit des Herrn D. Joachim Tanckens und anderer Gelehrten Anmerckungen ans Liecht gestellet durch Caspar Horn.

Bernard Trevisan, Horn, Caspar Henrich, active 1705., Tancke, Joachim, 1557-1609. · 1746 · Nürnberg : J.P. Krauss, 1746. · 6 pictures

A 1746 German alchemy treatise published in Nürnberg by J.P. Krauss, translating Bernard Trevisan's Latin writings on the philosopher's stone with annotations by Joachim Tancke, edited by Caspar Horn for learned readers. The pictures are mostly printed ornaments: black woodcut fleurons, a central circle device, and rows of small stylised border bands above a blackletter opening with a large decorated initial. A designer might draw on the dense, rhythmic border strips and the ornate capital letter for pattern and page-furniture ideas.

Alchemy

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