Don Quixote
Don Quixote is Miguel de Cervantes' novel, first published in Madrid in 1605 by Francisco de Robles, with a second part in 1615. A gentleman obsessed with chivalric romances rides out as a knight errant with Sancho Panza. Thomas Shelton's English translation appeared in London in 1612.
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- First published
- Francisco de Robles, Madrid, 1605
- First UK edition
- William Stansby for Edward Blount and William Barret (Shelton translation), 1612
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Check the title page and its reverse (the copyright page) against the edition: publisher, place and date should match, with no later printing or edition stated. Where we know the issue points, they are listed on the edition's page.
Where these facts come from
- Don Quixote, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Don Quixote (Q480), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- The History of Don Quixote, Part I, 1612, Early Modern Spain, King's College London (ems.kcl.ac.uk)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 17 October 2026.