Don Quixote - Past Cushing Exhibits - Texas A&M University

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Quijote del Centenario. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la
36 Mancha.
Madrid: R. L. Cabrera,
1905-1908.
8 volumes.
Commemorating the 3rd Centenary, this limited
edition is comprised of eight massive folio
volumes: four containing the text of both parts
and the other four dedicated to the illustrations.
Cushing’s copy is number 810 of 1000. It includes
800 illustrations: 689 by José Jiménez Aranda
and 111 by Alperiz, Bilbao, García Ramos and
others. The text volumes are also illustrated with
numerous head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated
initials. The fi rst volume also includes a portrait
of José Jiménez Aranda.
The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of
37 the Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Translated by Thomas Shelton.
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New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons, 1906.
4 volumes.
This limited American edition,
based on the London 1902
edition, is printed on excellent
deckle-edge paper; Cushing’s
copy is number 365 of 1150. It is
extensively illustrated with 260
drawings of various sizes by
Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, who
traveled throughout Spain and
is considered by some to be the
best illustrator of the Quixote.
Leben und Taten des scharfsinnigen Edlen Don Quijote von la
Mancha. Illustrated by Walther Klemm.
Berlin-Grunewald:
Hermann Klemm, 1924.
An interesting example of the 1920’s German
Expressionism, this edition contains thirty-two
full-page lithographs by Walther Klemm.
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