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| Image | 1896-Stuttgart-Thienemanns-01-005 |
| Illustration No. | 1   |
| Illustrator | Adolf Wald |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
| Illustration Type |
Head vignette |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 5 |
| Image Dimension | 105 x 97 |
| Page Dimension | 194 x 127 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library and holding his sword; all around the room, books and also the characters imagined by don Quixote (errant knights fighting, dragons...).
Remarkable illustration in keeping with Romanticism tradition. |
| Notes | 1 - B/w illustrations are signed not only by the painter (AW), but also by the photographer/technician; however, his signature has not been identified; it is formed by the initials superimposed (A? C? T? P?) and the reference "ph." (photographer or photographed). |