Station 12 in the Don Quixote Exhibit

Don Quixote Exhibit - Station 12


El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, 1797-1798.

From the collection of the George Peabody Library
Collection number: 863.32 D6d 1798


By the 1790s pocket-sized editions were sold by a number of printing presses and book shops. These miniature versions of Don Quixote were less expensive, yet still allowed readers to enjoy the engravings, even though much reduced in size.