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Well-known scene.
Illustration with certain picturesquism.
Drawing and engraving with little quality; clumsy and disproportionate figures.
2 - Wrongly-placed in "L. V"; it should be in "L. I".
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| Image | 1856ParisBechet-01-007 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Th. Guérin |
| Engraver | Andrew, Best & Leloir |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte combattant les moulins à vent |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 176 |
| Image Dimension | 107 x 89 |
| Page Dimension | 232 x 150 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote gallops on Rocinante to attack one of the windmills; Sancho follows him trying to stop him.
Well-known scene. Illustration with certain picturesquism. Drawing and engraving with little quality; clumsy and disproportionate figures. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprinted illustration after Paris: Maresq et Cie., 1847.
2 - Wrongly-placed in "L. V"; it should be in "L. I". |