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Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 31:2.
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| Image | 1966-Roma-L'Unita-01-051 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Chisciotte stringea l'invitta spada / Per aprirsi frá i bronchi ampia la strada. / Ma si atterrì nel rimirar lo stuolo / Dei feri angelli che si alzava a volo. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 22 |
| Subject |
22.2 Adventure of the cave of Montesinos |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | After 384 |
| Image Dimension | 210 x 263 |
| Page Dimension | 268 x 360 (folded) |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, trying to enter Montesinos' cave, is surprised by a flock of birds; also in the scene, holding the rope to which don Quixote is tied, Sancho and the bachelor's cousin.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration. |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction of Pinelli's etching for Roma: R. Gentilucci, 1833-34.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 31:2. |