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2 - "Badea" is a kind of melon, but what Johannot has represented are pears because Louis Viardot has translated "badeas" as "poires" (pears).
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-030 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | A greedy boy eating half a dozen melons/pears |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 4 |
| Subject |
4.1 Conversation among DQ, SP and Sansón Carrasco |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | 48 |
| Image Dimension | 52 x 67 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Reference to the dialogue among don Quixote, Sansón Carrasco and Sancho; "que así acomete mi señor a cien hombres armados como un muchacho goloso a media docena de badeas" (4:2). |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.
2 - "Badea" is a kind of melon, but what Johannot has represented are pears because Louis Viardot has translated "badeas" as "poires" (pears). |