About the Cover Illustration

The figure on the cover of JUnit in Action, Second Edition is captioned “Burco de Alpeo,” taken from a Spanish compendium of regional dress customs first published in Madrid in 1799. The same figure appeared on the cover of the first edition of the book, and we have not been successful in the intervening years in finding an accurate translation of the figure caption, in spite of having asked our first edition readers to help out. Please post any new suggestions in the Author Online forum for the second edition.

The title page of the compendium states thus:

Coleccion general de los Trages que usan actualmente todas las Nacionas del Mundo desubierto, dibujados y grabados con la mayor exactitud por R.M.V.A.R. Obra muy util y en special para los que tienen la del viajero universal

which we translate, as literally as possible, thus:

General collection of costumes currently used in the nations of the known world, designed and printed with great exactitude by R.M.V.A.R. This work is very useful especially for those who hold themselves to be universal travelers