The scene, accurate to Cervantes' text, includes him, a boy selling old papers and a Morisco reading/translating the manuscript.
Illustration resolved as a picturesque genre secene.
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| Image | 1880-1883Barcelona-Montaner-01-025 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Ricardo Balaca y Canseco |
| Engraver | Celestino Sadurní y Deop Gómez |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | The author finds a manuscript in the Alcaná of Toledo |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 9 |
| Subject |
9.1 Finding of manuscript with continuation of DQ’s story |
| Illustration Type |
Head vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 57 |
| Image Dimension | 148 x 188 |
| Page Dimension | 365 x 265 |
| Commentary | In the Alcaná of Toledo, Don Quixote's second author (Cervantes) finds Cide Hamete's manuscript with the continuation of the Basque's episode.
The scene, accurate to Cervantes' text, includes him, a boy selling old papers and a Morisco reading/translating the manuscript. Illustration resolved as a picturesque genre secene. |
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