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| Image | 1858-Tours-Mame-01-014 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville (?) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Il fit deux cabrioles, se donnant du talon dans le derrière, puis deux culbutes la tête la première et les pieds en haut |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 144 |
| Image Dimension | 98 x 84 |
| Page Dimension | 240 x 154 |
| Commentary | Before Sancho leaves for El Toboso, don Quixote does some somersaults as love penance in Sierra Morena.
Well-known scene; represented almost with the same composition since Dordrecht: Savery, 1657. Good and quick drawing and engraving; don Quixote's movement is resolved well. |
| Notes | 1 - The plate is not signed either by the illustrator or by the engraver.
2 - Same illustration first appeared in Tours: A. Mame, 1848. 3 - Title supplied after 1848 edition. |