A bookplate (an ownership label) pasted onto a green floral patterned endpaper. The bookplate features a woodcut-style illustration of an alchemist or scholar wearing a cap and robes, holding up a glass retort or flask. In the background are shelves with books, a human skull, and papers, one of which bears the word "Baltimore". To the right is a heraldic crest featuring a rose and wings. The text is rendered in a Gothic style script.

Dr. Christian Deetjen The abbreviation "Chr." refers to Christian. This bookplate belongs to a later owner of the book, as the text was originally published in 1879.