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| Image | 1777-Paris-Bailly-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Humblot (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | FRONTISPICE. Vrai portrait de Don Quichotte avec ses habits de Chevalier errant. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.2 Quixote illustration |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 117 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 163 x 96 |
| Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote in complete armor and receiving his lance and shield from Sancho; behind them, the allegory of Folly holding a jester scepter and Dulcinea's portrait and wearing feathers on her head (symbol of madness).
On the left, Rocinante, Sancho's donkey, a mill wheel (29:2) and a windmill (8:1); in the foreground, chivalry books and a pan with a chicken (20:2). On drapery suspended across the design: "HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUICHOTTE de la Manche. Par De Cervante". Well-conceived frontispiece; drawing and engraving are poor. |
| Notes | 1 – Same plate also used in Paris: Chez Barrois Aîné, 1777, and Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Libraire, 1777.
2 - Copy by unknown engraver after Laurent Cars' plate with Humblot's design for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732. |