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Accurate to Cervantes' text, the head has the shape of a Roman bust.
Acceptable setting.
Drawing and engraving are quite good; simple composition.
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| Image | 1722-Paris-Libraires-04-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Antonio Moreno shows the enchanted head to don Quixote |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 62 |
| Subject |
62.4 Episode of the enchanted head |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 387 |
| Image Dimension | 127 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 159 x 95 |
| Commentary | Don Antonio Moreno shows the enchanted head to don Quixote, Sancho, his wife and some friends.
Accurate to Cervantes' text, the head has the shape of a Roman bust. Acceptable setting. Drawing and engraving are quite good; simple composition. |
| Notes | 1 - Previous illus. by Bouttats (Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73) or Clouzier (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700) have been modified. |