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1711-Lyon-0X-001 |
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Jacob Savery (copied after)
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Prudent Bizot (?)
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DON QUICHOTE DE LA MANCHE |
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Part I, Madrid 1605
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02. Frontispiece |
02.2 Quixote illustration
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Frontispiece
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Burin engraving
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Black and white |
I |
Prev. to title page |
125 x 71 |
160 x 92 |
In the foreground, don Quixote on Rocinante ("DON QUICHOTE de la manch") and Sancho embracing his donkey ("sancho Panca"); don Quixote wears the barber basin on his head.
At each side, "AMADIS" and "ROLANDO", both as sculptures of Roman soldiers on pedestal.
In the upper part, a medallion with Dulcinea's portrait ("DULCINEE").
Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor. |
1 - Copy after Clouzier's engraving (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700) after Savery's frontispiece (part I) for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657 (also in Brussels: Mommarte, 1662 and Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73).
2 - Unsigned. |