It could also be understood as Cervantes imagining don Quixote.
Known elongated image of don Quixote.
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| Image | 1946NewYork-01-002-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Salvador Dalí |
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| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.2 Quixote illustration |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 80 x 110 |
| Page Dimension | 182 x 118 |
| Commentary | Alonso Quijano, reading chivalry books, becomes don Quixote; notice the double image of Alonso Quijano/don Quixote.
It could also be understood as Cervantes imagining don Quixote. Known elongated image of don Quixote. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration used for chapter 1:1 (p. 7). |