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| Image | 1831-Madrid-Espinosa-01-001-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo / Blas Ametller (copied after) |
| Engraver | E. Boix |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA |
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| Chapter | |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 96 x 57 |
| Page Dimension | 115 x 83 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait in an oval frame.
Underneath, a pedestal with an ouroboros (snake forming a circle), bifront Janus (Roman god that could see past and future), a laurel wreath and the inscription "VIVET ET A NULLO TENEBRIS DAMNABITUR AEVO. Lucano" (It [the poem] will live and it won’t be condemned to darkness by no generation; Lucan’s Pharsalia, IX. 986); all symbols about fame and inmortality. Good engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after Ametller's engraving for Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1819. |