The Philosophy of Love

...carnal appetite original: "tition charnelle"; likely completing the word appétition. In this context, it refers to physical or sensory desire as opposed to spiritual love., returning very well, through this point, to the opening words of his Dialogue, and leaving a good preparation for the second and third

A decorative woodcut tailpiece featuring symmetrical scrolling foliage and two birds (possibly cranes) facing away from each other. At the center top is a vertical leafy stem with berries. At the base of the ornament is a small stylized face or mask, flanked by the initials "P" and "D".