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1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-01-084 |
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Unknown (after Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré)
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Initial A with a knight riding a dragon |
Part I, Madrid 1605
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Chapter 32 |
32.3 Priest discourse about chivalric tales, truth and fiction 32.4 The innkeeper’s books
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Initial
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Process / Photomechanical technique
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Black and white |
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361 |
16 x 32 |
180 x 120 |
Reference to the dialogue between the priest and the innkeeper about chivalry novels; don Cirongilio of Thrace flings himself upon a fiery serpent to squeeze its throat and the serpent sinks into a river. |
1 - Based on Doré's illustration for Paris: Hachette, 1863. |