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| Image | 1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero |
| Engraver | Fernando Selma (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Alegoría de la Primera Parte |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 32 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 88 |
| Page Dimension | 180 x 120 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote with the allegory of Folly, as it was described by Cesare Ripa (dressed as a jester with small bells and holding a whirligig) and Love, as Cupid.
Folly and Love show to don Quixote Dulcinea's portrait. Don Quixote appears as Knight of the Lions. A satyr (reference to Don Quixote as a book of satire) sets fire to different chivalry books: Amadís de Grecia, El Caballero de la Cruz, Olivante de Laura... |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1780. |