Is the original manuscript of Don Quixote extant?

Question

I've searched all over the place for an explicit answer to this question, but I can't find anything. Apparently, there are 27 known copies of the first edition (1605). But [Cervantes'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes) hand-written original is not extant, correct?

Answer 1

Pedro Garcia Martin is a Professor of Modern History Autonomous University of Madrid. I studied with him a very interested course about "The Spain of Don Quixote". He has many books and I am very sure he can answer your question. Send him an email.

Answer 2

I'm not sure, but though it be the case or not, we have the full tale, which is a masterpiece allegory about nine other than Christ, who fought the mirrors and windmills of the demanding, condemning Law of God against sinners and their sin. As Don Quixote took his stand at the windmills, the Christ took His stand against the condemning Law of God on the cross and was, seemingly defeated, but, though he died, he bodily rose, unlike Quixote, who was taken home to die from his injuries, a man many thought was loco, but instead was a dreamer of things impossible for him to do, just as Jesus took on the impossible, proving that with God all things are possible.