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The man had promised to tell them his story.
Good drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1799-Paris-Didot-05-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier |
| Engraver | Jean Dambrun |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Notre héros courut le chercher à l'écurie et l'y trouva criblant de l'avoine. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.1 Story of the braying mayors |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | V |
| Page Number | f.p. 33 |
| Image Dimension | 88 x 54 |
| Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| Commentary | Original choice; at the inn stable, don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter the man that they had met before carrying arms and lances (one of the members of the braying mayors squadron).
The man had promised to tell them his story. Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Didot L'Aîné-Deterville, 1799 (1st ed.), but now (2nd ed.) without frame and re-engraved signature. |