Don Quixote

The book cover and spine above and the images which follow were not

part of the original Ormsby translation—they are taken from the 1880

edition of J. W. Clark, illustrated by Gustave Doré. Clark in his edition

states that, “The English text of ‘Don Quixote’ adopted in this edition is that

of Jarvis, with occasional corrections from Motteaux.” See in the

introduction below John Ormsby’s critique of both the Jarvis and Motteaux

translations. It has been elected in the present Project Gutenberg edition to

attach the famous engravings of Gustave Doré to the Ormsby translation

instead of the Jarvis/Motteaux. The detail of many of the Doré engravings

can be fully appreciated only by utilizing the “Full Size” button to expand

them to their original dimensions. Ormsby in his Preface has criticized the

fanciful nature of Doré’s illustrations; others feel these woodcuts and steel

engravings well match Quixote’s dreams.