Rare 'Don Quixote' editions sold in Britain go up for auction


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Two volumes of Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote' novel, are pictured at Sotheby's auction house in central London, ahead of their auction this month. Photo: AFP

Ed Maggs examines a shelf of leather-bound antique books that his family have been selling from their landmark London shop for the last 170 years.

It was at Maggs Bros Ltd that a Bolivian diplomat acquired two volumes of Don Quixote, the Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes, which are now up for auction.

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