Cervantes Savedra, Miguel de; Lambertus van den Bos(ch) (vert.)

Literature 1707 | Den verstandigen vromen Ridder, Don Quichot de la Mancha. Vertaald uit het Spaans door L[ambert] V[an den] B[os]. 6e druk. Amsterdam, Jan Graal en Jan en Willem van Heekeren, 1707. [2 delen met doorlopende signatuur in 1 band]

At the time that Lambertus van den Bosch prepared his translation of the Don Quixote, he was vice-principal of the Latin School of Dordrecht. The claim that he was fired due to continuous drunkenness–a story that earned him the title of “the drunken rector from Knuvelder”–is now seriously doubted. With over 70 works to his name (not counting his poems), he can be compared to Simon de Vries, another prolific 17th-century writer.

Literature: On L. van den Bosch: Van Vliet & De Niet, ‘Van ridders en andere Dordtse helden. De Don Quichot-vertaling van Lambert van den Bos’, in: Mededelingen van de Stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman 18 (1995) Arents 7; Buisman 365; Mateboer 1553-01 en -02; Muller 74; de Vries 68; Scheepers II, 727; Forum IV, 1686.

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Period Made: 1700-1750
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