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Image 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-008 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Andrew, Best & Leloir 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Cervantes writing his prologue with a friend 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter 03. Prologue 
Subject 03.1 Cervantes writing prologue/story
03.2 Cervantes and his “friend”
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 51 
Image Dimension 116 x 103 
Page Dimension 250 x 165 
Commentary Cervantes, in his prison in Argamasilla de Alba, receives the visit of a friend while writing his prologue. Cervantes asks him (see his gesture) for an advise to write it.
This scene is used as the most representative of the prologue.
In a frame with Arabesque designs. 
Notes See also in Madrid: Sancha, 1797 - 1798.