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| Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-02-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's love penance in Sierra Morena |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote begins to do some somersaults (love penance) before Sancho leaves for El Toboso.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). It can be compared with Antonio Rodríguez' illustration (Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1797). 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. |
