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Frontispiece
Vignette
Drawing and engraving with acceptable quality.
2 - Copied after Lefebvre's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799).
3 - Placed as frontispiece.
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| Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's first sally accompanied by the Aurora |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Subject |
2.1 First sally |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote's first sally accompanied by the allegory of rosy-fingered Aurora (Dawn, with roses among her fingers); the allegory, that appears in Cervantes' text, is taken from Homer.
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. |