Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
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_.
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