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Image 1896-Stuttgart-Thienemanns-01-005 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Adolf Wald 
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Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 1 
Subject 1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
 
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
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Image Dimension 105 x 97 
Page Dimension 194 x 127 
Commentary Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library and holding his sword; all around the room, books and also the characters imagined by don Quixote (errant knights fighting, dragons...).
Remarkable illustration in keeping with Romanticism tradition. 
Notes 1 - B/w illustrations are signed not only by the painter (AW), but also by the photographer/technician; however, his signature has not been identified; it is formed by the initials superimposed (A? C? T? P?) and the reference "ph." (photographer or photographed).