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Image | 1809-Londres-Didier-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | C'étoit en imitant ainfi le beau langage de ses livres qu'il cheminoit, &c. |
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 (tomes 1 and 2 bound together) |
Page Number | f.p. 15 |
Image Dimension | 92 x 55 |
Page Dimension | 133 x 80 |
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. Quite acceptable engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Copied after the illustration first-published in Paris: Didot L'aîné-Deterville, 1799. |