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Among the largest Don Quixote books in the world, in size, would be the following:
– The call Quixote of Piera, which is located in the Cervantino museum in El Toboso, Toledo, is a handwritten edition of the first part of Don Quixote, made between 1995 and 2005 by the students of the Herois del Bruc school, with dimensions of 226 cms. high, 105 wide and 11 high. It consists of 700 pages.
– The one that could be called the Don Quixote of Marbella At the initiative of CEIP Miguel de Cervantes, between 1998-2004, a manuscript made by hand by four thousand people, with 1,181 plates and 900 illustrations, with leaves measuring 65 by 45 centimeters. Subsequently three copies have been made.
– The call Informalist Quixote by Gabriel Alarcón López, eight-page book in wood and other materials, mixed technique, size 134 by 60 cm. and a cover of 150 by 60 cms. La Roda private collection, Albacete.
– The titled Don Quixote 25 paintings for an ingenious gentleman by Gabriel Alarcón López, twelve-page book, 24 pages, 192 cm per hundred. Said pages forming on a 237 cm high metal support and 205 cm wide spine. The width and thickness of each sheet are eight centimeters. In addition, the spine is decorated with the title of the work, plus two paintings of 192 by 100 cm. Mixed media, photography, collage, etc. Private collection in La Roda, Albacete.
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– Also in the Cervantino Museum of El Toboso there is a Quixote, an artist’s book, 65 by 50 cm in size. Titled: Don Quixote-Soliloquies. Vic-Mar-Car from El Toboso. The first part contains 119 sheets painted on both sides, on cardboard 65 by 50 cms. – Made between February 10, 2004 and January 19, 2005. The second part of Don Quixote contains a total of 110 sheets painted on both sides – from pages 120 to 230, both included -, on cardboard 65 by 50 cm. , carried out between January 19, 2005 and March 23, 2005. In total 230 sheets. Plus four slightly older tapas. Pasted texts of Don Quixote. Author of the paintings JMM. +
– In the Contemporary Art Space of Almagro, the book and artist’s book, entitled: Don Quixote by PM (HilVic) (17) (MA) by Almagro, with ehe book of Don Quixote, which consists of 355 sheets painted on both sides, 65 by 50 cm in size, and four slightly larger covers, between the first and second part, made between 2017 and 2018. The texts are glued sheets from the Don Quixote book, all the sheets are painted , front and back, with paintings by JMM.
– At the Quijote Marciana and Rodolfo Puertas Ramos de la Roda Foundation, Albacete, the book and book by artita, entitled: Don Quixote Yellow CarVicMar (18) (MA) de la Roda with Don Quixote, which consists of 271 sheets painted on both sides, 65 by 50 cm in size, and four slightly larger covers, between the first and second part, made between 2018 and 2019. The texts are glued sheets from the Don Quixote book, all the sheets are painted , front and back, with paintings by JMM.
– Also an artist’s book, a Don Quixote, entitled “Don Quixote-Soliloquies, Vic-Mar from Ciudad Real“, Containing the two parts of Don Quixote, with 244 sheets, 65 by 50 cms. On cardboard, painted on both sides, with texts from Don Quixote, made since April 15, 1996, and the last page, dated December 28, 2004. In addition to two slightly larger covers, in each part of Don Quixote . It is found as a donation in the library collection of the Museo del Quijote in Ciudad Real. Pasted texts of Don Quixote. Author of the paintings JMM.
– “Don Quixote Car-Vic-Mar de Cuenca“, -first and second part-. It consists of 259 sheets numbered and signed, cardboard size, 65 by 50 cm … painted on both sides. It was made between March 2, 2005 and November 27, 2005. It has slightly older covers. It is in donation at the Museum of Cuenca. Author of the paintings JMM.
– Too “Don Quixote-New Testament Hil-Vic de Santa María de Valbuena“, -first and second part-. It consists of 229 sheets numbered and signed, cardboard size, 65 by 50 cms., painted on both sides –contains Quixote texts and New Testament texts-. Made between November 23, 2005 and July 10, 2006. In addition, two folders, one for each part of Don Quixote, slightly larger, painted on both sides. Collection in donation to Ages of Man, Monastery of Santa María de Valbuena. Valladolid. Author of the paintings JMM.
It is a mystery or enigma in the world of culture, of cultural management in general, how certain cultural products are praised and almost worshiped, and other cultural products, we would say, sleep the dream of the just, until they are relegated in some warehouse , sometimes, for decades, having several possible fates, the first, the deterioration or destruction little by little, second, the dispersion of that work into parts, third, if that work wins the Christmas lottery, which stay in good enough degree, and after a few decades, few or many, someone recovers that cultural product.
These works of Don Quixote, which, as far as I know, are preserved in the territory of La Mancha, as Quixote and Sancho still ride in some way, are those works that perhaps deserve to be held in greater value, more in a world that from so many aspects, Don Quixote and Cervantes are valued so much, in multiple ways … Perhaps, I reiterate, these books deserve to be more valued by those who manage the immense sea of culture. Peace and good.
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