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Image | 1782-Madrid-Martin-03-001-a |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | D. QVIXOTE CA[BA]LLERO DE LOS LEONES |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | 01. Title page |
Subject |
01.1 Title page engraving |
Illustration Type |
Title page |
Technique |
Woodcut |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | Prev. to typog. title page |
Image Dimension | 56 x 82 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 103 |
Commentary | Don Quixote as Knight of the Lions (a lion behind him); in the background, on a semicircle wall, Sancho as governor (SANCHO PAN. GOB[...]OR) and Dulcinea (DVLCINEA) as a peasant girl (enchanted); between them, a medallion with Merlin's portrait (MERLIN).
Simple drawing and rough engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Savery's well-known II frontis for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657.
2 – Same wooden block first used for Madrid: Manuel Martín, 1765 (copied after Madrid: Juan de San Martín, 1741 and Madrid: Antonio Sanz, 1735). 3 – Same vignette in "TOMO II". |