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Image 1852-London-Willoughby-01-157 
Illustration No. 1   2    
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver J-C (J. Caqué ?) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Cirongilio of Thrace riding a giant snake 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 32 
Subject 32.3 Priest discourse about chivalric tales, truth and fiction
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume I (bound with vol. II in tome I) 
Page Number 208 
Image Dimension 55 x 58 
Page Dimension 214 x 135 
Commentary Reference to Cirongilio of Thrace's story told by the innkeeper; "le salió de la mitad del agua una serpiente de fuego, y él, así como la vio, se arrojó sobre ella, y se puso a horcajadas encima de sus escamosas espaldas" (32:1).
Example of Romanticism interest in legendary and medieval tales. 
Notes 1 - Reprint of Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.