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Image 1766 London Tonson-01-003 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator John Vanderbank 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht 
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
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 1 
Image Dimension 132 x 77 
Page Dimension 170 x 95 
Commentary Don Quixote, dressed as a 18th century English gentleman, reads peacefully while he observes his family arms (on the wall); these, far from looking like "tomadas de orín y llenas de moho, luengos siglos había, que estaban puestas y olvidadas en un rincón" (1:1), appear new and neat.
Drawing and engraving are good (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased.
2 - Plate 2.