NMLP P-045569 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes · Juan de la Cuesta (for the bookseller Francisco de Robles), Madrid · 1605

Original language Spanish: Part I Cuesta/Robles, Madrid, 1605; Part II Cuesta, Madrid, 1615. The first English — and the first translation into ANY language — is Thomas Shelton's, printed at London for Edward Blount [and William Barret]: Part I 1612, the complete two-part translation 1620. The early line is entirely London/UK; there is no early US edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045569 for "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045569, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).