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| Image | 1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-01-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo |
| Engraver | Manuel Salvador Carmona (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quijote leyendo los libros de caballerías. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels 1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 64 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 88 |
| Page Dimension | 180 x 120 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalry books at his library (Amadís de Gaula), becomes mad (see his gesture and eyes).
Forced position and gesture. Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound... Interest in a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture). |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1780. |