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French setting; quite acceptable drawing and engraving.
2 - Compare with Bouttats-Clouzier's design (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700).
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| Image | c1750-Paris-Poilly-01-011 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) (after Bouttats-Clouzier) |
| Engraver | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | DON QUICHOTTE / Don Quichotte saute promptement à terre... |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 10 (14) |
| Image Dimension | 445 x 670 |
| Page Dimension | 515 x 744 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, brandishing his sword, tries to fight with a lion, but the animal remains into its cage althought the lion-keeper has opened it; in the background, sancho, don Diego de Miranda, anbd the carter running awy.
French setting; quite acceptable drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Captions in French and Spanish.
2 - Compare with Bouttats-Clouzier's design (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700). |