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Image 1912-Torino-Paravia-01-002-f 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Willy Planck 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote at his library 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 1 
Subject 1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Offset
 
Color In color 
Volume
Page Number f. title page 
Image Dimension 150 x 100 
Page Dimension 227 x 155 
Commentary Don Quixote reading chivalric books at his library and holding his sword.
Well-known scene, but resolved with personality; notice the atmosphere of the room and don Quixote's expression.
Remarkable drawing style. 
Notes 1 - Placed as frontispiece.
2 - Same illus. first published in Stuttgart: Gustav Weise's Verlag, c1910.