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| Image | 1853-54-Madrid-Casadeleditor-01-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Agustín Navarro |
| Engraver | Juan Moreno Tejada |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote checking his arms |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | Tome I (bound with tome II in vol. I) |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 139 x 99 |
| Page Dimension | 210 x 135 |
| Commentary | "4. Don Quijote en trage doméstico, preparando la lanza para salir á buscar sus aventuras. Cap. 1.º, pág. 1.ª" ("Pauta y esplicacion de las estampas". Madrid: Casa del editor, 1853-54, t. I, p. 274).
"5. Don Quixote en su trage domestico, y á la vista de su libreria y arneses caballerescos, examina y requiere la lanza para salir á buscar sus aventuras. P.I.T.I.p.1" ("Esplicacion de la estampas". Madrid: Sancha, 1797-98. Vol. V, p. 427). Good drawing and engraving; interest for realistic and historic setting. Don Quixote's portrait is excellent and remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Madrid: Sancha, 1797-98; now worn. |