Image	1863Paris-Hachette-01-001
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré
	Engraver	Héliodore Joseph Pisan
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	SON IMAGINATION SE REMPLIT DE TOUT CE QU'IL AVAIT LU.
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 1
	Subject	1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Wood engraving or Xylography
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f. title page
	Image Dimension	244 X 195
	Page Dimension	433 x 313
	Commentary	One of the best known images of don Quixote becoming mad; while reading, the library begings to fill with small figures of errant knights fighting, maidens being captured, dragons, knights riding mice, castles, flying coats of arms... the curtain transforms into a giant's head. Drawing, composition and engraving are masterly.
	Notes	Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (Strasbourg, 1832 – Paris, 1883): Designer, engraver, painter and sculptor. Doré designed his first lithographs at thirteen and published his first work, Le Travaux d’Hercules, at fourteen. He became a book illustrator in Paris, and his commissions included works by Rabelais, Balzac, and Dante. In 1853 he was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. This commission was followed by other work for British publishers, including a new illustrated English Bible. He also illustrated an oversized edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Doré's English Bible (1865) was a great success, and in 1867 he had a major exhibition of his work in London. This led to the foundation of the Doré Gallery in New Bond Street. In 1869, Blanchard Jerrold, the son of Douglas William Jerrold, suggested that they work together to produce a comprehensive portrait of London. The book, London: A Pilgrimage, with 180 engravings, was published in 1872. It was a financial success and Doré received commissions from other British publishers. His later work included Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Milton's Paradise Lost, Tennyson's The Idylls of the King, The Works of Thomas Hood, and The Divine Comedy. His work also appeared in the Illustrated London News. Doré continued to illustrate books until his death; around 50 books were illustrated by him. The illustrations for Don Quixote were prepared during a journey through Spain accompanied by Baron Charles Davillier in 1861 – 1862. Doré has been considered the most remarkable Romanticism illustrator (Benezit III, 640 – 642). Héliodore Joseph Pisan (Marseille, 1822 – Bailly, 1890): Genre, landscape and dead nature painter and engraver. In 1849, he exhibited by the first time in Paris. Pisan worked principally as an engraver for illustrated book. He was awarded as “Chevalier de la Légion d´honneur” (Benezit VIII, 358).