1853 Rare Book - Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAuthor: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Title: Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish. Publisher: London, Henry G. Bohn, 4 & 5 York Street, Covent Garden, 1853. Language: Text in English. Size: 9 x 6. 25 inches (22. 8 x 15. 9 cm). Pages: viii 507 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good splendid contemporary full tan calf leather binding, finely tooled with gilt floral compartments to spine, dark brown morocco spine label lettered in

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