Celestina appears in the first illustration wearing many jewels and accompanied by two young men. In the illustration below, Melibea and Calisto appear in the garden.
Dutch translation. This edition is the annotated edition of the 1550 Dutch edition. The cover is a reproduction of a Dutch paintaing by Jan Van Amstel, titled 'Kroegtafreel', which features a scene in a brothel or tavern.
French translation. A black figure (Celestina) on a red binding. The figure is a stock character or stamp of an old woman, used to represent Celestina in the Seville edition (1523), that appears in the first act of the work.
Depictions of Calisto and Melibea in the form of a composed painting. A yellow background sets off the blue of Calisto's clothing and the brown tones of Melibea's dress. Celestina is not depicted on this cover.
The cover depicts a conglomeration of scenes, which is a reproduction of the engraving of the argument of the Augsburg edition (1520). First, Calisto and Melibea are depicted in the garden, while, in the foreground, Sempronio and Parmeno can be seen…
This cover is a reproduction of the cover of the Sevilla edition of 1520. It depicts the first meeting and argument between Calisto and Melibea, with Lucrecia observing them from the background. On the left, Celestina is depicted knocking the door of…
A coloured reproduction of the cover of the Seville edition of 1523 by Juan Bautista Pedrezano, which depicts Calisto, Melibea, Lucrecia, Sempronio, and Celestina. Curiously, this edition shows Calisto's falcon as well as a hound and horse,…
A naive-style drawing, in colour and created predominantly with straight lines. It depicts an old woman, laughing and holding a cane. Beneath her image, a couple is hugging. A tower features in the background.
A blue, white and yellow depiction of a castle, suggestive of a watercolour drawing. Superimposed on this outline is the looming figure of Celestina, which occupies the majority of the foreground. Within the shape of her figure, a couple (Calisto…
A depiction of Celestina's expression as she observes two lovers - possibly Pármeno y Areúsa - in a bed. The drawing is red and white and imitates medieval-style images.
In this cover Calisto is represented on the left, Celestina at the center and Melibea on the right. Because of how Celestina is represented with different eye colours and her grin, it is reminiscent of the representation of this character in…
Italian translation.
The image in the cover is a fragment of Goya's Paseo por Andalucía, also known as La maja y los embozados (An avenue in Andalusia, The maja and the cloaked men).
The cover features a mirrored image of an abstract pattern against a blue background, which seems to represent a tower, embroidered in gold thread with a red half circle. This could be interpreted as a coat of arms or an…
Cover of the 1909 work bound in leather where two figures appear on a balcony: Melibea represented by a young woman braiding her hair and Celestina represented by an old woman with her head covered.
French translation. The cover of the French translation published by Fayard (Paris, 2006) reproduces part of the young woman in Marietta Robusti's Venetian Woman (c. 1560) (In…
On the cover of this edition there is an older woman who acts as Celestina. One of her eyes is damaged, which is reminiscent of the tradition where this character is represented with a damaged eye, as in the painting Celestina, by Picasso (1904)
Busts of Calisto and Melibea with laurel leaf crowns. The abbreviated names of the characters are shown above.This is an illustrated edition that can be seen by clicking here: Estella, 1557
Cover of the edition of La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas and Eduardo Galán, Éride Ediciones: Madrid (2023), Subject: VdB Teatro De Almagro. Image by Eduardo Galán.On the cover there is a drawing of a young woman dressed in a traditional way that…
The image is a collage of two unrelated paintings, a fragment showing a young bourgeois couple in the paintingA Goldsmith in Shopby Peter Christus (1449), and an older woman taken grom Botticelli's allegorical female figure for Repentance in his…
Three figures appear on the cover: Calisto, Melibea and Celestina. Calisto and Melibea are represented as old illustrations, while Celestina appears in the center of the cover as a silhouette filled with an abstract design in black and blue.
A cover in black, white, and purple tones that depicts a male figure with his arms outstretched, moving towards what appear to be two figures, grasping a letter in his right hand.
On the cover there is a woman with her head covered. Following the tradition of depicting Celestina as an old woman with her head covered, the woman on the cover could represent the procuress.
A comic-style illustration of a couple on some steps and an old woman behind them. The clothing style appears to be from an earlier time period. The old woman is wearing a ruff and her head is uncovered. The second part of this edition is El…
Even two unrelated paintings, such as fragment showing a young bourgeois couple in the paintingA Goldsmith in Shopby Peter Christus (1449), and an older woman taken grom Botticelli's allegorical female figure for Repentance in his paintingThe Calumny…
Even two unrelated paintings, such as fragment showing a young bourgeois couple in the paintingA Goldsmith in Shop by Peter Christus (1449), and an older woman taken grom Botticelli's allegorical female figure for Repentance in his painting The…
"This volume presents the most rigorous version of the Tragicomedy of Callisto and Melibea - the one published in Valencia in 1514 -, completed with the suppressed fragments of the primitive Sixteen-act Comedy and with the interpolations and variants…
A black background with a colourful and semi-abstract representation of Celestina. A line, representing the thread she sells, forms loops and knots, referencing the way she ties her victims up into her schemes. She clutches the money bag in her right…
A drawing of Celestina approaching a house, likely Melibea's, with the enchanted thread in hand to sell. The image proceeds from the illustration in Act III of the Burgos, 1499, edition, but, curiously, Celestina's face has been altered. The ochre…
A black-and-white cover with a design suggestive of a theater program. It depicts a nude female figure and a demon with a pitchfork flanking the title, while, above them, a pair of gargoyles look down on these two figures.…
The cover features a fragment of a print from the old Valencia edition (1514), positioned inside a large letter 'e.' The print depicts the death of Celestina, The back cover features a drawing of Fernando de Rojas's face.