Image 1949-Paris-Bordas-01-006 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré 
Engraver Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by porcess) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quichotte plongé dans la lecture des romans de chevalerie. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 1 
Subject 1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 188 
Image Dimension 127 x 100 
Page Dimension 215 x 135 
Commentary One of the best known images of don Quixote becoming mad; while reading, the library begins to fill with small figures of errant knights fighting, maidens being captured, dragons, knights riding mice, castles, flying coats of arms... the curtain transforms into a giant's head. 
Notes 1 - Reproduced after Paris: Hachette, 1863.