A rectangular decorative headpiece featuring symmetrical foliate and floral scrolls, with a human face at the center wearing a crown topped by a crescent moon.

TO HIS HIGHNESS

MY LORD

Large ornamental woodcut initial 'M' decorated with foliate patterns and a small human face within the upper curve of the letter.

It was some years ago
that I received a com-
mand from your Highness
to set hand to pen, in order to describe
the properties and effects of the Baths of Plombières original: "Plumiere"; modern Plombières-les-Bains, a famous spa town in the Vosges: and I drafted the theory and prac-
tice thereof. Since then, I have described the hid-
den virtues of the mineral waters of Pont-à-
Mousson. Nevertheless, the whole remained
suppressed until the year 1619,
when the admirable and monstrous Comet
appeared on our horizon, passed near to our
Zenith, and ended its course between the two Bears The constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor,