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Image c1930-Paris-Duval-01-001-f 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Unknown 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Il s'adonnait 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
1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ)
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
Frontispiece
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f. title page 
Image Dimension 187 x 123 
Page Dimension 295 x 200 
Commentary Alonso Quijano / don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library; around, books and arms.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty. 
Notes 1 - Illustration based on Antonio del Castillo's setting (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780) and Doré's character (Paris: Hachette, 1863).
2 - Previously published in Paris: Editions Casterman, 1890.