Versuch einer Antwort auf die Frage, Giebt es Gespenster, erscheinungen von Verstorbenen, oder von Geistern an Lebende? / von Dr. J.H.A.H.
This German-language treatise of 1819, printed at Emmerich by J. L. Romen and written by Dr. J. H. A. H., argues whether ghosts or apparitions of the dead can appear to the living, and it was catalogued by the Countway Library of Medicine. Its pictures are small vignettes: a putto with a scythe and a lantern riding a cart, and a cherub offering a garland beside a domed pavilion, with a pale green cover bearing the same motif. Designers could draw on these tidy neoclassical putti and their ornamental, almost emblematic compositions for vintage decorative work.
