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| Image | 1799-Paris-Didot-02-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre |
| Engraver | Louis-Michel Halbou |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Il donna l'ordre à Sancho de lui porter ses armes et de seller Rossinante |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.2 Dorotea becomes princess Micomicona |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 223 |
| Image Dimension | 89 x 52 |
| Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| Commentary | Well-known episode since Coypel (Paris: Surugue, 1724), but now it has been represented in a later instant (certain originality).
Don Quixote holds Micomicona's hand (Dorotea), already standing up, and orders Sancho to bring his arms (hung on a tree); the barber appears disguised as Micomicona's squire. Small format, but drawing and engraving are excellent (see Sancho and Micomicona's faces and don Quixote's gesture). Neither the priest nor Cardenio appear hidden. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Didot L'Aîné-Deterville, 1799 (1st ed.), but now (2nd ed.) without frame and re-engraved signature. |