Institutiones chimicae prodromae, id est, Joannis Joachimi Becheri Spirensis ... Oedipus chimicus obscuriorum terminorum & principiorum chimicorum, mysteria aperiens & resolvens : opusculum, omnibus medicinae & chimiae studiosis, lectu perquam utile & necessarium
A Latin treatise on chemical and alchemical terminology by Johann Joachim Becher, printed at Amsterdam by Elizeus Weyerstraten in 1664 for students of medicine and chemistry. The index holds its square woodcut initials \u2014 heavy black E, P and R forms cut through with white leaf and scroll lines and framed by foliate borders \u2014 usable as drop caps, monogram stamps, or sources of small scrolling ornament.
