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	Image	1777-Paris-01-001-f
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Humblot (copied after)
	Engraver	Unknown
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	FRONTISPICE. Vrai portrait de Don Quichotte avec ses habits de Chevalier errant.
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	02. Frontispiece
	Subject	02.2 Quixote illustration
	Illustration Type	Frontispiece
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f. title page
	Image Dimension	117 x 70
	Page Dimension	170 x 103
	Commentary	In the center of the composition, don Quixote in complete armor and receiving his lance and shield from Sancho; behind them, the allegory of Folly holding a jester scepter and Dulcinea's portrait and wearing feathers on her head (symbol of madness). On the left, Rocinante, Sancho's donkey, a mill wheel (29:2) and a windmill (8:1); in the foreground, chivalry books and a pan with a chicken (20:2). On drapery suspended across the design: "HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUICHOTTE de la Manche. Par de Cervante". Well-conceived frontispiece; drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor.
	Notes	1 – Copy by unknown engraver after Laurent Cars' plate with Humblot's design for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732 (also reprinted and copied for different editions in 1733, 1741 and others).