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| Image | 1905-Leipzig-Hesses-01-001-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Blas Ametller |
| Engraver | Blas Ametller (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 111 x 66 |
| Page Dimension | 162 x 105 |
| 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. |
| Notes | 1 - Same portrait from Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1819. |