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Image | 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-010 |
Illustration No. | 1 2   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Inital D with Mambrino |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | |
Subject | |
Illustration Type |
Initial |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 59 |
Image Dimension | 75 x 53 |
Page Dimension | 250 x 165 |
Commentary | Initial "D" with Mambrino holding his helmet (basin) and several knights fighting.
Original and imaginative initial. |
Notes | In Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, Reinaldos of Montalbán conquered Moorish King Mambrino's helmet; don Quixote mistakes Mambrino's helmet for a basin in chapter 21:1. |