CP Baudelaire wrote:
Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg
Another thought is that this is an emblem from an "emblem book."
Skulls, skeletons, and other images of death were common enough symbols
in emblems.
I don't know the literature well enough to suggest how to "source" a
particular free-floating emblem, but this site might give you a start:
http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu
William M. Klimon
http://www.gateofbliss.com