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Image 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-02-271 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Roux - Feret 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Initial T with a nymph of golden Tagus 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 48 
Subject 48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room
 
Illustration Type Initial
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number 495 
Image Dimension 58 x 38 
Page Dimension 250 x 165 
Commentary Reference to don Quixote's words (who believes that it is Altisidora who is entering his room): "ora estés, señora mía, transformada en cebolluda labradora, ora en ninfa del dorado Tajo" (48:2).
Johannot selects details from Cervantes' text with great originality. 
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