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	Image	1908BerlinBuchverlag-01-005
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Paul Scheurich
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	An errant knight fighting against two giants
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 50
	Subject	50.1 DQ’s tale of the knight of the lake in defense of chivalric fiction
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f.p. 288
	Image Dimension	130 x 93
	Page Dimension	170 x 130
	Commentary	An errant knight attacks two enormous and impassive giants to release a princess. The illustration refers to the dialogue between don Quixote and the canon of Toledo about chivalric books, but it does not illustrate any specific moment. Superb illustration highly influenced by Symbolist Painting (notice the starry background) and by the Art Nouveau style (notice the peacock tail of one of the giants). Very remarkable illustration and drawing style.
	Notes	1 - The illustrations of this edition do not always appear in the right place, so this illustration could refer to other episodes, such as "Don Quixote imagines himself attacking the giant Pandafilando" (episode of wineskins; 35:2).