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25.5 DQ performs mad acts
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), now reduced to a small headpiece with great charm.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter L:1 of this edition (52:1).
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| Image | 1822-Paris-Mequignon-02-008 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Robert Smirke |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's penance in Sierra Morena |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 522 |
| Image Dimension | 47 x 80 |
| Page Dimension | 207 x 127 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote doing a handstand while Sancho leaves for El Toboso to take a letter to Dulcinea.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), now reduced to a small headpiece with great charm. |
| Notes | 1 - Extra-illustration taken from set by Smirke for London: Cadell & Davies, 1818 and included in this unique copy (not in the edition).
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter L:1 of this edition (52:1). |