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1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ)
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| Image | 1954-London-Macmillan-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (process reproduction after) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books in his library |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels 1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ) |
| Illustration Type |
Head vignette |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 3 |
| Image Dimension | 60 x 90 |
| Page Dimension | 193 x 130 |
| Commentary | While don Alonso Quijano sleeps at his library, the characters of his chivalry books (knights, maidens, dragons and other beasts...) come into life in the room, fighting among them, begging to Alonso Quijano/don Quixote... |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction after Doré and Pisan's original print (Paris: L. Hachette et Cie., 1863). |