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

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.