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	Image	1832-Paris-01-001-p
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José del Castillo / Blas Ametller (copied after)
	Engraver	E. Stalker
	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	Portrait
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f. illustrated title page
	Image Dimension	97 x 57
	Page Dimension	120 x 77
	Commentary	Cervantes' portrait in an oval frame. 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 and inmortality. Good engraving.
	Notes	1 - The portrait has been copied after Castillo's design for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780. 2 - The allegorical frame has been copied after Ametller's engraving for Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1819. 3 - Same plate first used for Paris: Julio Didot Mayor, 1827.