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Image | 1620-London-Blount-Addenda-02-001-t |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Unknown |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | THE SECOND PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE Valorous and witty KNIGHT-ERRANT, Don Quixote of the Mancha |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | 01. Title page |
Subject |
01.1 Title page engraving |
Illustration Type |
Title page |
Technique |
Woodcut |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | A |
Image Dimension | 161 x 97 |
Page Dimension | 184 x 136 |
Commentary | The image, included as publisher's emblem, is the XCI taken from Georgette Montenay's Cent Emblemes Chrestiens (c. 1571).
A barefoot and beared venerable man (Moses or saint Paul) stands beside an olive tree from which some branches are falling; also the inscription: "NOLI ALTUM SAPERE", reference to "Noli altum sapere, sed time" (Romans XI:20) (Be not lofty, but fear). The same emblem was used by the Estienne family, printers in Paris. |
Notes | 1 - The title page has been cut and pasted on the page. |