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Image 1827 Paris Didot-01-003-t 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Unknown 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE de la Mancha POR MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter 01. Title page 
Subject 01.1 Engraved title page
 
Illustration Type Title page
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number Illustrated title page 
Image Dimension 100 x 57 
Page Dimension 120 x 77 
Commentary Frame with an architectural neo-gothic design.
Above, a bust (Cervantes?); on the left pedestal, Sancho holding a pan with a chicken; on the right pedestal, don Quixote with a shield; underneath, don Quixote's love penance in Sierra Morena observe by Sancho.
Title page with a good decorative effect. 
Notes 1 - Influenced by the designs of the French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).