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Image 1895-London-Routledge-01-005 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator John Gilbert 
Engraver Folkard 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Muddled his brains by reading books of chivalry-full of stories of knights and enchanters. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter 02. Frontispiece 
Subject 02.2 Quixote illustration
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations
 
Illustration Type Frontispiece
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 3 
Image Dimension 130 x 108 
Page Dimension 205 x 145 
Commentary Canonical image of don Quixote on Rocinante accompanied by Sancho on his donkey surrounded by an ornamental frame with images of Dulcinea, castles, damsels, errant knights, enchanters, dragons, armies...
Illustration with combination of fantasy and reality in keeping with the romantic tradition.
Remarkable drawing and engraving. 
Notes 1 - Same frontis first published in London: Daly, 1842; the lower part of the original, with Cervantes' portrait, has been eliminated.