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Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-01-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1 2 3  4 |
Illustrator | Unknown (copied after Lefebvre? ) |
Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote wakes up after his first sally |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 7 |
Subject | |
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 | After his first sally, don Quixote wakes up at his home shouting.
The priest, the barber, the housekeeper and the niece give up the scrutiny of don Quixote's library to calm him down. 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. |