Magia Adamica, or, The antiquitie of magic : and the descent thereof from Adam downwards, proved : whereunto is added, A perfect and full discoverie of the true coelum terrae, or, The magician's heavenly chaos, and first matter of all things
A 1650 London treatise on the ancient origins of magic and alchemy by the Welsh alchemist Thomas Vaughan, printed by T.W. for the bookseller H. Blunden and aimed at readers of occult philosophy. The pictures are woodcut initial capitals — W, T and I set in square blocks of curling acanthus foliage and hatched leaves — usable as drop caps, ornament stamps or tracing stock.



