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Top 10 Most Expensive Books
How much would you pay for a book? Would you pay anything over $1000? Here is a list of the most expensive books ever soon. The starting price is £ 1,400,000.
10.The Hours and Psalter of Elizabeth de Bohum
Price: £ 1,400,000
This book was sold in London in June 21, 1988 in London. The Bohun Psalter and Hours (c.1361-73) is a series of splendidly illuminated devotional books made in a unique way during the second half of the 14th century for the Bohun family, Earls of Hereford. The manuscript contains eight large historiated initials subdivided into four compartments, each with a narrative subject.
9. Hebrew Bible
Price: £1,850,000
This book was sold in London in December 5th 1989. Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to books of the Bible, originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic and of uncontroversial canonicity. This is the one of the most expensive books and hold the record for being the most expensive Hebrew manuscript.
8. The Birds of America
Price: $3,600,000
This book was sold in New York on June 6th 1989. The Birds of America is the title of a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing paintings. This book holds such a records in all of natural history. It was first published in 1827 and features hand colored illustration of American birds. Many of the birds are actually size and the collection contain six extinct species.
7. Ptolemy, Geographia
Price: $4,200,000
Also titled “Geography”, “Cosmographia” and “Geographike Hyphegesis”, Geographia is one of Ptolemy’s best works, produced in the 2nd century and detailing what people discovered in the world of geography at the time. Basically the first atlas ever made, Ptolemy’s Geographia fetched a cool $4.2 million in a 2006.
6. Autograph manuscript of Nine Symphonies By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Price: £2,292,993
This book was sold on May 22nd 1987 in London. This is an autograph version of nine symphonies By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart this book is on music manuscript. The book hold the record for being the most expensive music manuscript. Mozart composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
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