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Image | 1827 Paris Didot-01-003-t |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Unknown |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE de la Mancha POR MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 01. Title page |
Subject |
01.1 Engraved title page |
Illustration Type |
Title page |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | Illustrated title page |
Image Dimension | 100 x 57 |
Page Dimension | 120 x 77 |
Commentary | Frame with an architectural neo-gothic design.
Above, a bust (Cervantes?); on the left pedestal, Sancho holding a pan with a chicken; on the right pedestal, don Quixote with a shield; underneath, don Quixote's love penance in Sierra Morena observe by Sancho. Title page with a good decorative effect. |
Notes | 1 - Influenced by the designs of the French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879). |