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Image | 1819b-Madrid-Imprenta-01-003-p |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Blas Ametller |
Engraver | Blas Ametller |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA. |
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Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | 1 |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 125 x 74 |
Page Dimension | 181 x 115 |
Commentary | Cervantes' portrait in an oval frame with his name.
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, prudence, and inmortality. Good engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Based on José del Castillo's Cervantes portrait (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780). |