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Image | 1808-Paris-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre |
Engraver | Louis-Joseph Masquelier l’aîné |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Siécle heureux, postérité fortunée, tu jouiras du récit de tant d'exploits. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 2 |
Subject |
2.1 First sally |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 31 |
Image Dimension | 95 x 54 |
Page Dimension | 129 x 76 |
Commentary | Don Quixote's first sally accompanied by the allegory of rosy-fingered Aurora (Dawn); the allegory, that appears in Cervantes' text, is taken from Homer.
Highly-detailed drawing and engraving; female figure (with roses among her fingers) of great beauty; good details (village in the background). |
Notes | 1 – Same plate first engraved for Paris: Didot L’Aîné-Deterville, 1799; now without frame and the signatures have been erased. |