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Image 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-203 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Andrew, Best & Leloir 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied For a sparrow in the hand is better than a vulture on the wing 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 31 
Subject  
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 436 
Image Dimension 82 x 108 
Page Dimension 250 x 165 
Commentary Sancho advises don Quixote: "que mas vale pájaro en mano, que buitre volando". 
Notes This is the first time that Johannot illustrates this saying (it also appears in p. 119, vol. II); now, the representation is more literal.