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	Image	1797-1798-Madrid-Sancha-01-002-p
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Rafael Ximeno
	Engraver	Pierre Duflos
	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
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f. title page
	Image Dimension	141 x 101
	Page Dimension	185 x 117
	Commentary	"I. Retrato de Cervantes, representado en un busto de piedra, con los símbolos de la España, significada en la figura de una matrona, que le corona de laurel; de la Fama, que suena el clarin; de la ciudad de Alcala, patria del autor; de un Genio, que representa su invención; y de la Envidia, royendo y despedazandose sus carnes á bocados. P.I.T.I. Frontis ó en la portada" ("Esplicacion de la estampas". Vol. V, p. 427). Frontispiece of excellent quality because of drawing and engraving (see allegorical figures of Spain and Fame) and original invention. One of the best allegorical frontispieces of 18th century.
	Notes	1 - The rabbit is a symbol of Spain becuse it was believed that the Phoenician word for the Iberian Peninsule, "Sphan" ("Northern Land"), meant "land of rabbits". In the time of Emperor Adriano, it appeared the first representation of Hispania with a rabbit in some coins.