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| Image | 1809-Londres-Didier-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Sa pauvre tête n'etoit plus remplie que d'enchantemens, de batailles, de cartels, & c... |
| 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 |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I (tomes 1 and 2 bound together) |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 92 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 133 x 80 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library; arms on the floor and the greyhound next to him; Folly touchs don Quixote's head with her scepter and, among dark clouds, don Quixote's fantasies appear: a devil with blown bladders (like the "bojiganga"; 11:2), monsters, hybrid beings...
Scene conceived halfway through the 18th century allegorical frontispieces and the Romanticism imaginative illustrations. Quite acceptable engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after the illustration first-published in Paris: Didot L'aîné-Deterville, 1799.
2 - Placed as frontispiece. |