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Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste (imagination).
Drawing and engraving are excellent; quite influence by Doré (Paris: Hachette, 1863).
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| Image | 1887-Paris-Lecene-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jules Pelcocq (?) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | DON QUICHOTTE. |
| 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 | 97 x 130 |
| Page Dimension | 125 x 203 |
| Commentary | Alonso Quijano reading chivalric books in his library becomes mad (don Quixote); errant knights, dragons, monsters, wingged horses and ladies appear around him (imagined).
Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste (imagination). Drawing and engraving are excellent; quite influence by Doré (Paris: Hachette, 1863). |
| Notes | 1 - Unsigned. |