Early editions of Don Quixote up for auction in Sotheby's Paris 

The volumes, printed in the lifetime of author Miguel de Cervantes, have an estimate of €400,000-€600,000

A detail from the 1605 edition of Don Quixote

Early editions of Don Quixote printed in the lifetime of Miguel de Cervantes are the highest prize in Spanish book collecting. 

Spectacular editions of both volumes of Cervantes's work, the most important set to come to auction in 30 years, will come up at Sotheby's in Paris next Wednesday (December 14) with an estimate of €400,000-€600,000.