Museo Casa Natal de Cervantes Comunidad de Madrid
The
Museum
Library
Collections
Virtual
Tour
Spanish
Español
Comunidad de Madrid
Amharic
Basque
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Danish
Dog Latin
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Galician
German
Hangul
Hebrew
Icelandic
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Majorcan
Norwegian
Persian
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovenian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Library Collection
Cervantes Collection
Spanish
356
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha. Lisbon: Jorge Rodríguez, 1605.

Photograph: Don Quixote, I, Ch. I. Second Spanish edition, printed in Lisbon. One of the few copies of this illegal edition. Binding: Brugalla (1975)

Download (114 Kb)
   
435
Vida, y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. London: J.& R. Tonson, 1738.

Photograph: engraving by John Vanderbank, depicting the death of Don Quixote, with characters dressed in English style ( Don Quixote, II, Ch. LXXIV). First deluxe edition to be published in the original language in England.

Download (123 Kb)
   
300/171
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1780.

Photograph: intaglio by Antonio Carnicero depicting the battle with the Knight of the White Moon (Don Quixote, II, Ch. LXIV). First edition of the Royal Spanish Academy; great care was taken with both paper and text, making this one of the finest editions of Don Quixote.

Download (144 Kb)
   
196/66
El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Gabriel de Sancha, 1798-99.

Photograph: conversation between Don Quixote and Sancho (Don Quixote, I, Ch. XLIX) illustrated with an intaglio by Luis Paret y Alcázar.

Download (73 Kb)
   
206/78
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: Tomás Gorchs, 1859.

Photograph: beginning of the novel (Don Quixote, I, Ch. I) with a heavily flourished swash capital and illustration by Estevanillo. An edition of great artistic merit, notably for the meticulous text and typography.

Download (84 Kb)
   
237/109
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: Cristóbal Miró, 1881

Photograph: plate by Ramón Puiggarí, depicting Don Quixote being dubbed knight (Don Quixote, I, Ch. III).

Download (117 Kb)
   
208/80
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: F. Seix, 1898.

Photograph: chromolithograph by Jose Moreno Carbonero, depicting the sortie to the hunting party in the company of the duke and duchess and their retinue ( Don Quixote, II, Ch. XXXIV).

Download (112 Kb)
   
364
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: Viuda de Luis Tasso, 1905 (s.a.)

Photograph: watercolour by S. Tussell, inspired by the illustrations of Gustave Doré, of the scene where Don Quixote remembers his defeat at the hands of the Knight of the White Moon (Don Quixote, II, Ch. LXVI). First and only chromotype edition of what was designated Quijote del centenario (Centenary Quixote). Chromotypography: innovative technique which enabled plates to be printed in colour.

Download (72 Kb)
   
468
Iconografía de las ediciones del Quijote (1605 - 1905). Barcelona: Henrich y Cia, 1905.

Photograph: title page of the first edition of Don Quixote (Juan de la Cuesta, 1605). Facsimile edition of the title pages of Don Quixote editions between 1605 and 1905.

Download (79 Kb)
   
363
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Madrid: R. L. Cabrera, 1905-08.

Photograph: plate by Alpériz, illustrating Don Quixote's arrival in Barcelona accompanied by Sancho (Don Quixote, II, Ch. LXI).

Download (93 Kb)
   
256/127
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Madrid: Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos, 1917.

Photograph: heliogravure by Ricardo Marín, illustrating the scene where the damsels of the duchess attend Don Quixote (Don Quixote, II, Ch. XXXII). Edition commemorating the third centenary of the death of Cervantes.

Download (86 Kb)
   
296/167
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: Salvat y Cª, 1916.

Photograph: the episode of the bearded duennas (Don Quixote, II, Ch. XXXIX), illustrated with an etching by David Urrabieta Vierge. Numbered edition, collectors' item.

Download (87 Kb)
   
209/81
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona; Buenos Aires: Argos, S.A., imp. 1952.

Photograph: title page ofDon Quixote, Part II with an illustration by Joaquín Vaquero. Martín de Riquer edition.

Download (90 Kb)
   
258/129
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barcelona: Jurado, 1952.

Photograph: etching by Teodoro Nicolás Miciano, depicting the scene of the enchanted bark (Don Quixote, II, Ch. XXIX). Numbered edition, collectors’ item.

Download (105 Kb)
   
357
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Publicaciones Internacionales S.A., 1978.

Photograph: miniature by Henry Lemariè, depicting Master Pedro’s Puppet Show (Don Quixote, II, Ch. XXVI). Numbered edition, collectors’ item.

Download (93 Kb)
   
417
Novelas exemplares. Pamplona: Nicolás Assiayn, 1617.

Photograph: beginning of The Glass Graduate. An edition prized by collectors.

Download (126 Kb)
   
291/162
Rinconete y Cortadillo. Barcelona: Horta de Impresiones y Ediciones, 1952.

Photograph: etching by J. García Falgás, which depicts Rinconete reading Monipodio’s notebook. The text maintains that of the first edition of the Exemplary Novels(1613). Numbered edition, collectors’ item.

Download (89 Kb)
   
260/131
El zeloso estremeño. Barcelona, Horta de Impresiones y Ediciones, 1953.

Photograph: A woodcut by Antonio Gelabert illustrates the text, which maintains that of the first edition of the Exemplary Novels(1613). Numbered edition, collectors’ item.

Download (92 Kb)
   
292/163
La ilustre fregona. Barcelona, Horta de Impresiones y Ediciones, 1953.

Photograph: A drypoint by Xavier Blanch illustrates the text, which maintains that of the first edition of the Exemplary Novels (1613). Numbered edition, collectors’ item.

Download (67 Kb)
   
456
Galatea: dividida en seys libros. Paris: Gilles Robinot, 1611.

Photograph: part of the text. First edition in the original language published in France.

Download (104 Kb)
   
224/96
Florian, Jean Pierre Claris de: La Galatea de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra .... Madrid: Viuda de Barco López, 1814.

Photograph: Jean Pierre Claris de Florian purports to create second and final part of La Galatea, imitating the literary work of Cervantes. Etching by Cipriano Maré.

Download (87 Kb)
   
230/102
Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. Historia Setentrional. Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1781.

Photograph: intaglio by José Jimeno, engraved by Fernando Selma, depicting the moment of embarking for England (II, Ch. XVII). Edition of great artistic merit, and illustrative of publishing and the intaglio technique in 18th century Spain.

Download (100 Kb)
   
164/27
Viage al Parnaso; La Numancia; El Trato de Argel. Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1784.

Photograph: intaglio by José Jimeno, depicting Apollo on Mount Parnassus. Numantia and The Traffic of Algiers had remained unpublished until then.

Download (89 Kb)
   
458
Comedias y entremeses. Madrid: Antonio Marín, 1749.

Photograph: title page. This contains a foreward which is highly critical of other playwrights, including Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca.

Download (90 Kb)
   
472
Don Quijote de la Mancha, Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores, 2001.

Photograph: Illustration by Antonio Saura. (Quixote part II, chap. XVIII)
Edition first published in 1987 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Círculo de Lectores (Readers’ Circle).

Download (105 Kb)
   
477
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid: Elías Sociedad Anónima de Ediciones, 1985

Photograph: Illustration by J. Clavo (Quixote part I, chap. XVI).

Download (112 Kb)
   
479
Vida, y hechos del ingenioso cavallero Don Qvixote de la Mancha, Madrid: Andrés García de la Iglesia (I); Roque Rico de Miranda (II), 1674.

Photograph: Illustration and text (Quixote part I, chap. XVI). First illustrated Spanish edition. Copper engravings by Diego de Obregón on drawings copied from the 1662 Brussels edition

Download (138 Kb)
   
494
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid: Summa Editorial, 2005.

Photograph: Photogravure by Rafael Canogar of the chapter “In which is related the tale of ill-advised curiosity,” (Quixote part I, chap. XXXIII).
Edition borrowing the text from the first printing in 1605 for the first part and the text from the first printing in 1615 for the second.

Download (82 Kb)
   
495
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid: Summa Editorial, 2004.

Photograph: Text and illustration of this edition, which consists of 200 numbered copies with illustrations by María Expósito Santiso.

Download (129 Kb)
   
496
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid: Summa Editorial, 2005.

Photograph: Text and illustration narrating how Don Quixote made himself a knight (Quixote part I, chap. III). Edition of 200 numbered copies with lithographs by different artists.

Download (105 Kb)
   
497
El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, París: Bossange y Masson, 1814

Photograph: Illustrations of the unheard-of adventures of the inn (Quixote part I, chap. XLIV). Spanish edition borrowing from the 1782 edition of the Royal Academy, under the direction of José René Masson.

Download (90 Kb)
   
498
Primera parte de la Galatea: diuidida en seys libros, Valladolid: Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, 1617

Photograph: Cover.

Download (98 Kb)
   
501
Viaje al Parnaso (Journey to Parnassus), Madrid: Manuela Ibarra, 1805.

Photograph: Beginning of chapter I. Accompanied by a “Life of Miguel de Cervantes.”

Download (120 Kb)
   
502
Novelas Ejemplares (Exemplary Tales), Madrid: Miguel de Burgos, 1821.

Photograph: Beginning of the text of “The Generous Lover.”

Download (126 Kb)
   
503
Rinconete y Cortadillo, Barcelona: Dionisos, 1948.

Photograph: Etching by J. M. Chico with the portrait of Cervantes.
Number 60/225 of a limited edition of 225 copies.

Download (97 Kb)
   
506
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid: Testimonio Compañía Editorial S. A. 2005.

Photograph: Text of the facsimile edition of: Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1605 (Quixote part I, chap. XXVIII). Edition consisting of 980 numbered copies. Number 691/930.

Download (140 Kb)
   
508
Vida y hechos del ingenioso cavallero Don Qvixote de la Mancha, Antwerp: Henricus and Cornelius Verdussen, 1697

Photograph: Text and illustration from the chapter that narrates the reply Don Quixote gave to his censurer… (Quixote part II, chap. XXXII).

Download (151 Kb)
   
509
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Madrid-Barcelona: Libr. Española: Plus Ultra, 1857.

Photograph: Text and illustration narrating Don Quixote’s battle with the wine skins (Quixote part I, chap. XXXVI).

Download (118 Kb)
   
510
Vida, y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1777.

Photograph: Text and illustration of the adventure of the puppet-showman (Quixote part II, chap. XVI).

Download (126 Kb)
   
 
 
 

  © Subdirección General de Museos. 
  Dirección General de Archivos, Museos y Bibliotecas. 
  Comunidad de Madrid. 

Madrid Comunidad Digital  


Terms of Use - Credits