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Original and imaginative initial.
2 - 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.
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-008 |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Inital D with Mambrino |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Initial |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 9 |
| Image Dimension | 76 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Initial "D" with Mambrino holding his helmet (basin) and several knights fighting.
Original and imaginative initial. |
| Notes | 1 - Same initial and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.
2 - 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. |