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Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty.
Dutch windmills.
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good illustration as a whole despite some disproportions.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 25:1.
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| Image | 1966-Roma-L'Unita-01-017 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Oh! di guerrier ardir quale ti appresta / L'Ispano Cavalier prova funesta! / Animato da bellico talento / Guerra dichiara ad un molino a vento. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | After p. 112 |
| Image Dimension | 210 x 263 |
| Page Dimension | 268 x 360 (folded) |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, charges against a windmill despite Sancho's advice and the windmill sail breaks his lance.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty. Dutch windmills. Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good illustration as a whole despite some disproportions. |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction of Pinelli's etching for Roma: R. Gentilucci, 1833-34.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 25:1. |