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Image c1877-Paris-Garnier-01-002-f 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Pierre Gustave Eugène Staal 
Engraver Eugène Mouard 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Il s'appliquait à la lecture des livres de chevalerie. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 1 
Subject 1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
Frontispiece
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f. title page 
Image Dimension 141 x 108 
Page Dimension 216 x 135 
Commentary Don Quixote reading chivalric books at his library and holding his sword; books and arms all around the room and the greyhound; the housekeeper and the niece observe him upset.
Very remarkable drawing and engraving; don Quixote's figure is excellent; notice also the housekeeper, only sketched, but remarkable.
Influenced by Doré and Johannot. 
Notes 1 - Same illus. first appeared in Paris: Garnier Frères, c1863.