Revue de la bibliothèque · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Revue de la bibliothèque
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: The housekeeper, the priest, the barber, and the niece scrutinise the books in Don Quixote’s library, later deciding to burn them for their responsibility in Don Quixote’s madness. The niece holds a stack of chivalric books while the priest and the barber select the ones that are to be saved. The housekeeper (right) throws books out the window into the courtyard. Signed by E. Lami (illustrator) and E. Lignon (engraver). Part 1, ch. 6.
Image Creator: Lami, Eugène Louis (Illustrator); Lignon, Etienne Frédéric (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:22641
Language: fre
Source Name: Le Don Quichotte
Parent Collection: 1822 Meguignon
Image: mta_22641_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Books; Libraries