lists of the various editions of the works of Cervantes.
9. History of Spanish Literature, by George Ticknor. New York,
London, 1849-50.
10. Biblioteca de Autores Españoles. Vol. XXXIII. Madrid, 1854.
11. Bibliographers’ Manual, by W. T. Lowndes. London, 1858. English
editions of works of Cervantes.
12. Vida de Cervantes, by Don Jerónimo Morán. Madrid, 1863. With
Bibliography of works of Cervantes.
13. Siete Cartas Sobre Cervantes y el Quixote ... by M. Droap.
Cadiz, 1868. 4to.
14. La Revista de España. Vol. IX. Observaciones ... de Ingenioso
Hidalgo Don Quijote.... An erudite article on the earliest
editions.
15. Catálogo de Varias Obras ... referring to Cervantes. Sevilla,
1872. Folio. Concerning authors who have written upon the life and
works of Cervantes.
16. Boletín de la Reproducción Foto-Tipográfica de la Primera
Edicion de Don Quixote. With list of existing editions of Don
Quixote. Nos. 5 and 6, 1872.
17. Catalogo ... by Don Pedro Salva. Valencia, 1872. Two vols. 4to.
Spanish editions of the works of Cervantes.
18. Diccionario General ... by Don Dionisio Hidalgo. Madrid, 1872.
4to. (List of Spanish editions and translations of Don Quixote, in
Vol. V.)
19. Crónica de los Cervantistas. Cadiz, 1872. Bibl. of works of
Cervantes, with Notes.
20. Quaritch’s General Catalogue. London, 1872. 8vo. List of works
of Cervantes in various languages.
21. Brief hand-list of the Cervantes Collection presented to the
Birmingham Free Library, by W. Bragge, Esq., F.S.A. (This important
collection had 143 editions of Quixote in many languages,
sixty-four of the minor works, and sixty-nine works referring
directly to Cervantes. Unfortunately, the fire, occurring in 1879,
destroyed the greater portion of this inestimable collection.)
22. Dictionnaire Universal du XIXe. Siècle, by Larousse. Paris,
1866-78. Spanish editions, and translations of the works of
Cervantes.
23. Die Cervantes-Literatur in Deutschland, by Edmund Dorer.
Zürich, 1877-1879. 8vo. In this, the author aims at a complete
Bibliography of Cervantes.
24. Catalogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Library, bequeathed by
G. Ticknor to the Boston Public Library. Boston, 1879. 4to. An
important collection of the works of Cervantes.
25. Catálogo de la Biblioteca Cervántica de Leopoldo Rios.
Barcelona, 1888. 4to. Amongst the works of Cervantes in this
extraordinary and interesting collection are 172 editions of
_Quijote_ in Spanish, 123 in French, 71 in English, 39 in German,
13 in Italian, 9 in Dutch, 6 in Russian, 5 in Portuguese, 1 in
Catalan, 3 in Hungarian, 3 in Danish, 2 in Bohemian, 2 in Swedish,
2 in Greek, 1 in Polish, 1 in Servian, 1 in Croatian, 1 in Turkish,
and 1 in Finnish; total, 456 editions represented. In addition to
these, there are some 200 editions of his minor works, and 378
editions of works containing references to Cervantes. Since the
date of this catalogue, the number has been greatly augmented.
26. Catálogo de la Biblioteca Cervantina de Don José Maria Asensio
de Sevilla. Valencia, 1883. 4to. This collection of Don Asensio is
remarkable for the number and beauty of the rare editions of Don
Quixote, of which he possessed, in 1883, no less than 143 in
Spanish and other languages.
27. Nota de Algunos Libros, Articulos y Folletos Sobra la Vida y
las Obras de ... Cervantes. Sevilla, 1885. 8vo. One hundred copies
privately printed.
28. Bibliography of the Works of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by
Jas. Fitzmaurice-Kelly. London, 1892. (Occupies part of “The Life
of Cervantes.”)
29. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de M. Ricardo Heredia, Comte de
Benahavis. Paris, 1891-94. 4to. (The library contains the
collection of the Biblioteca de Salvá, augmented by the Comte de
Benahavis.)
30. La Ilustración Artistica á Cervantes. Barcelona, 1895. Folio.
First part: Critical Biography. Second part: Bibliography. Third
part: Iconography. The second and third parts relating to the
un-illustrated and illustrated editions of the immortal _Don_.
31. Bibliografica Critica de las Obras de Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra, by Don Leopoldo Rius. Madrid, 1895, 1899. Two vols. Royal
8vo. This work is the first to contain a discerning criticism of
all editions of the productions of the foremost genius of Spanish
literature. The labour required to effect so excellent a result
must have been prodigious, occupying many years, and Don Leopoldo
Rius can only reap his reward in the thanks of the whole world.
COLECCIONES CERVÁNTICAS.
32. Biblioteca Cervántica de Don Isidro Bonsoms, of Barcelona.
Formed for the acquisition of works of, and relating to, Cervantes.
Amongst the inestimable treasures are no less than 520 editions of
_Quijote_ in Spanish and other languages; 210 examples of the minor
works; whilst 500 works refer to Cervantes and his productions. Don
Isidro Bonsoms possesses the recently-discovered copy of the
English translation of Don Quixote, printed by William Stansby for
Ed. Blount and W. Barret, 1612, in perfect state, and of which no
other copy is known. It is described in the _Bibliografia Critica_
of Don Leopoldo Rius, Vol. I., p. 388. Madrid, 1895. See also No. 1
of the present list of English translations of Don Quixote.
33. Biblioteca Cervántica del Rdo. D. Clemente Cortejón, of
Barcelona, contains 300 editions of _Quijote_ in divers languages,
in addition to a large and valuable collection of the minor works.
34. Biblioteca Cervántica del Excmo. Sr. Marqués de Jerez de los
Caballeros, of Sevilla. This collection is notable for the editions
of _Quijote_ it contains in Spanish and various translations,
together with a large number of the minor works of Cervantes, and
books relating to him.
SYNOPSIS OF THE EDITIONS OF DON QUIXOTE.
+----------+--------------------++---------+
|LANGUAGE. | CENTURIES. || Total |
| |/--------^---------\|| of |
| |XVII. |XVIII.| XIX. ||Editions.|
+----------+------+------+------++---------+
|Spanish | 27 | 33 | 152 || 212 |
|French | 22 | 37 | 99 || 158 |
|English | 10 | 45 | 78 || 133 |
|German | 5 | 10 | 36 || 51 |
|Italian | 4 | 4 | 12 || 20 |
|Russian | | 2 | 18 || 20 |
|Dutch | 5 | 3 | 8 || 16 |
|Swedish | | | 8 || 8 |
|Hungarian | | | 6 || 6 |
|Portuguese| | 1 | 4 || 5 |
|Polish | | 1 | 3 || 4 |
|Catalan | | | 3 || 3 |
|Danish | | 1 | 2 || 3 |
|Bohemian | | | 3 || 3 |
|Greek | | | 2 || 2 |
|Servian | | | 2 || 2 |
|Roumanian | | | 1 || 1 |
|Croatian | | | 1 || 1 |
|Finnish | | | 1 || 1 |
|Turkish | | | 1 || 1 |
+----------+------+------+------++---------+
| Total | 73 | 137 | 440 || 650 |
+----------+------+------+------++---------+
_Note.--This Table is compiled to 1895._