Theatrum chemicum britannicum : containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language
An anthology of Middle English alchemical verse compiled and annotated by Elias Ashmole, printed in London by J. Grismond in 1652 for readers of hermetic philosophy. The index holds woodcut initial letters set in square blocks, their capitals framed by hatched leaves, buds and curling tendrils, usable as drop caps, monogram forms, or sources for foliate border patterns.
