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Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-02-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1 2  3 4 |
Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote's love penance in Sierra Morena |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 25 |
Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
Commentary | Don Quixote begins to do some somersaults (love penance) before Sancho leaves for El Toboso.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). It can be compared with Antonio Rodríguez' illustration (Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1797). Drawing and engraving with acceptable quality. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - Copied after Lefebvre's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |