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Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-03-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1  2 3 4 |
Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Sancho recovers his donkey |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 30 |
Subject |
30.2 Recovery of Sancho´s donkey |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
Commentary | In the foreground, Sancho Panza embraces his donkey after recovering it, while Ginés de Pasamonte runs away (right background).
Don Quixote, Micomicona (Dorotea) and the disguised barber or the priest observe him. Drawing and engraving with acceptable quality. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - Copied after Lefebvre's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |