Don Quixote: Quick Facts

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An early edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is open to the title page, showing ornate border designs and Spanish text printed in 1605.

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Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

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