El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha / compuesto por Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra.
Alternate Title(s):
Don Quixote
Edition:
Nueva ed. corr. / por la Real academia española ...
Published / Created:
En Madrid : Por Don Joaquin Ibarra impresor de Cámara de S.M. y de la Real academia, 1780.
Physical Description:
4 v. ([33] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : ill., map, port. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
This tale of Don Quixote was published in 1780 by the Spanish Royal Academy in Madrid, Spain. It consists of a four-volume edition containing a detailed map of Spain as well as over thirty engraved illustrations. The map allows the reader to follow Don Quixote's itinerary throughout the story and the decorative engravings (one per chapter) helps illustrate the situations he faces.
Subject Terms:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616. | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616. Don Quixote -- Criticism and interpretation. | Poey, Fs. -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1780.
Contributors:
Ríos, Vincente de los, 1732–1779. | Ballester, Joaquín, 1740–1795, engraver. | Barcelo, Juan, fl. 1751, engraver. | Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la, -1790, engraver. | Fabregat, Joaquín José, 1748–1807, engraver. | Gil, Jerónimo Antonio, 1732–1798, engraver. | Moles, Pascual Pedro, 1741–1797, engraver. | Muntaner, Franco. (Francisco), 1743–1805, engraver. | Salvador Carmona, Manuel, 1734–1820, engraver. | Selma, Ferdinand, 1752–1810, engraver. | Arnal, Juan Pedro, 1735–1805, ill. | Brunete, Jose, 1747–1781, ill. | Carnicero, Antonio, 1748–1814, ill. | Castillo, José del, 1737–1793, ill.. | Ferro, Gregorio, 1742–1812, ill. | Martinez del Barranco, Bernardo, 1738–1791, ill. | Real Academia Española.