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Etching (acquaforte)
Also the greyhound, arms, books...
Don Quixote as introducing himself to the reader.
Good image.
2 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Chez Marlin, 1830.
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| Image | 1853-Paris-Didier-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet |
| Engraver | Jean-Jacques Frilley |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote at his library |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. illustrated title page |
| Image Dimension | 78 x 63 |
| Page Dimension | 175 x 115 |
| Commentary | New don Quixote's model, more comical, as a caricature; a very slim figure with marked mad expression (eyes, nose...).
Also the greyhound, arms, books... Don Quixote as introducing himself to the reader. Good image. |
| Notes | 1 - Placed as frontispiece.
2 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Chez Marlin, 1830. |