A circular sticker with the text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY" original: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA" surrounding an oval emblem depicting a pelican in her piety. The bird is shown piercing her own breast to feed her young in a nest with her blood, a traditional symbol of sacrifice and the alchemical process. Four red roses are arranged at the base of the nest.

THEODOR

ZWINGER'S

PHILOSOPHER AND PHYSICIAN

OF BASEL

Medical Physiology,

written in elegant order, and with things

most worthy to be known,

illustrated by the dogmas of THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS

concerning nearly the whole

of Medicine.

Zwinger's

By the labor of

M. P. likely "manu propria," meaning by his own hand

JAKOB ZWINGER, SON,

Physician and Philosopher.

From the Library of
A woodcut shows the printer's mark of Sebastian Henricpetri within a decorative frame. An arm reaches out from a cloud, holding a hammer and striking a rock or anvil. Flames and sparks fly from the impact. A winged cherub head sits at the top of the frame.
[illegible - crossed out]? J. S. D.

BASEL,

By SEBASTIAN