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Title
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"Sa pauvre tête n'étoit plus remplie que d'enchantemens de cartels & c…"
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Description
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While Don Quixote reads chivalric novels, his library fills with devils, monsters and allegorical figures. The illustration masterfully combines reality (Don Quixote reading in his library), fantasy (adventures, monsters, and all other figments of his imagination), and allegory. Anecdotal detail from Cervantes’ text: skinny greyhound at Don Quixote’s feet and the errant knight’s arms, strewn about on the floor in the foreground. Unsigned. Part 1, ch. 1.
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Image Creator
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Lefebvre, Claude (Engraver)
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Masquelier, Louis-Joseph (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:22612
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Source Name
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Don Quichotte de la Manche
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Image
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mta_22612_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Don Quixote
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Imagination
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Fantasy
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Chivalry