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	Image	1822-Paris-Mequignon-01-002-f
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Richard Parkes Bonington
	Engraver	Samuel Sangster
	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	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	Prev. to title page
	Image Dimension	112 x 82
	Page Dimension	207 x 127
	Commentary	Alonso Quijano, reading chivalry books at his library, becomes mad (notice his expression). Usual setting; books and arms all around the room. Don Quixote's figure has been engraved clumsily; the setting is better.
	Notes	1 - Extra-illustration included in this unique copy (not in the edition. 2 - It was first published in Le Keepsake Français (Paris/London: Giraldon-Bovinet & Co./Whittaker & Co., 1831) and in The Album Wreath (1835) with the title "Don Quixote in his study". 3 - "The design is stiff, nor does the conception altogether add to the fame of the great artist Bonington" (Ashbee 161). 4 - Placed as frontispiece.