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SPAN 250: Quixotic Narratives (HC) Fall 2015

Spanish / Comparative Literature 250: Quixotic Narratives (Burshatin) Fall 2015

Early Editions of Don Quixote

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha (Part I, second edition)
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Madrid: Printed: Por Iuan de la Cuesta, vendese en casa de Francisco de Robles, librero del Rey nro señor, 1605
Segvnda parte del Ingenioso cavallero Don Qvixote de la Mancha, Part II (first edition)
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Madrid: Printed: Con privilegio, por Iuan de la Cuesta, vende se en casa de Francisco de Robles librero del Rey N.S, 1615

Digital & Printed Facsimiles

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha (Part I, first edition)
Digital edition of the first edition of Part I from the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha (Part I, first edition)
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Printed facsimile produced by the Hispanic Society of America.
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha (Part I, second edition)
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Printed facsimile produced by the Hispanic Society of America.
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha (Part II, first edition)
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Printed facsimile produced by the Hispanic Society of America.
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha (Parts I & II)
"Interactive" digitized editions of Parts I & II from the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

English Translations

The history of Don-Qvichote, Part I
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London: Printed by William Stansby for Edward Blount, 1620 (second edition; published in conjunction with the first edition of Part II)
Translator: Thomas Shelton
- For an extended discussion of the differences between the first and second editions of Shelton's Part I, see: Knowles, Edwin B., Jr. "The first and second editions of Shelton's 'Don Quixote' Part I: a collation and dating", Hispanic Review, v. 9:2 (1941), pp. 252-265.
The second part of The history of the valorous and witty knight-errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part II
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London: Printed for Edward Blount, 1620
Translator: Thomas Shelton

Illustrated Editions

History of Don Quixote
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London; New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1864
Translator: John Willis Clark
Illustrator: Gustave Doré
Don Quixote de la Mancha
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London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1868
Translator: Charles Jarvis
Illustrator: Gustave Doré
Additional Illustrated Editions

Related Early Modern Texts

Diana of George of Montemayor
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London, 1598. Printed: by Edmund Bollifant, impensis [at the expense of] George Bishop
- Includes the second part, written by Alonso Pérez, and a continuation by Gaspar Gil Polo entitled Enamoured Diana.
Andrea Alciati V.C. Emblemata cvm Clavdii Minois I.C. commentariis ad postremam auctoris editionem auctis & recognitis.
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[Leyden], 1608. Printed: Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii
- Includes interleaving and notes by Henry Green, a noted nineteenth century Shakespearean scholar.

Guide to the Philips Collection (from which the early Quijotes come)

William Pyle Philips Collection in the Haverford College Library
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A descriptive catalogue of the William Pyle Philips Collection, which includes detailed records of the early-modern copies of Don Quixote and Diana.
- El ingenioso hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha (1605): pp. 86-87
- Segvnda parte del Ingenioso cavallero Don Qvixote de la Mancha (1615): pp. 88-89
- The history of Don-Qvichote (1620): pp. 89-91
- Diana (1598): p. 122
The Forward (pp. 71-74) to the descriptive catalogue explains the format of the bibliographic records.