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Español: En la dedicatoria incluida en el libro, Pérez Hervás explica el simbolismo de la ilustración, así como el significado del título de cada una de las cuatro partes que lo componen: La Gran Ladronera, El Gran Timo, «Los famelics dè dalt», Sic Vos non Vobis.

"Siendo V. S. el Presidente Supremo y rico de Espasa-Calpe, S. A., a la que llamo “La Gran Ladronera” por los motivos que V. S. conoce, pláceme dedicarle este libro “Espakalpe”, hijo de mi pobre pluma.

En la portada, hija también de mis pobres pinceles, he querido representar a V. S. en ese suntuoso personaje de caridad de oropel y crueldad de rastacuero, que se ha hecho la “barba de oro” estrujando con su siniestra y atrayendo con la diestra, ante la sed de gloria y oro del fondo, a los escritores (“Los Famélicos”) que acuden a la redacción de la Enciclopedia (“El Gran Timo”) para convertir sus pensamientos en monedas de oro que caen en la Caja de la Anónima (“Sic Vos non vobis”).

Las orejas que en punta he puesto a V. S., unos creerán las he imitado del Greco, que así las dibujaba, y otros opinarán con de burro. Tómelas V. S. como mejor le pluguiere, y si este retrato, que tan bien le refleja, no le place tanto como el que le hizo Zuloaga, no culpe al artista ni estrelle el espejo: El romper la cara importa, que el espejo no hay por qué."

Dedicatoria de Espakalpe, citada en Silva Villar, 2015, p.40-41 (http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/view/tesisuned:Filologia-Sasilva)​.
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This is the cover page of the book Espakalpe, published by José Pérez Hervás in 1935. He was the author of both the illustration and the book.

The author included a statement in the book allowing anyone to copy or translate it, not keeping copyright: "Permitida la reproducción total o parcial. No se reservan los derechos de traducción [...] No hay Copyright que valga." Quoted in Villar Silva, 2015, p. 42 (http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/view/tesisuned:Filologia-Sasilva),

Moreover, there are reasons to believe the work is now in the Public Domain. Even though the exact date when the author died is unknown, it is reasonable to believe that it was more than 80 years ago, during the Spanish Civil War. According to the literature, the last sign of activity dates back to 1939 (http://cilx2018.uvigo.gal/actas/pdf/659422.pdf)

Cover scanned by the Spanish National Library http://www.bne.es/export/sites/BNWEB1/es/Actividades/Ciclos/CitaBNE/Historico/CitaBN2006/docs/comin_movimientospoliticos.pdf
Author Illustration by José Pérez Hervás.

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