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Henry B. Wheatley examines the historical fluctuations in the prices of books as an indicator of broader economic and intellectual development. The text analyzes how factors such as scarcity, mechanical innovation, and changing social values influence the market value of printed works over time.

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CHAPTER XI PRICES OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF BOOKS

as those of Le Gascon, we are safe, because to imitate these successfully would cost so great an expenditure of time, that the forgery would be worth almost as much as the original.

INDEX

  • Adam the royal goldsmith, 58
  • Æsopus (1485), 185
  • Albani Missal, vicissitudes of, 75
  • Alchorne (Stanesby), his library, purchased by Lord Spencer, 154
  • Allen (Thomas), his library, 144
  • Althorpe library purchased by Mrs. Rylands, 16
  • Americana, growth in value, 221
  • Anacreon, 1554, 185
  • Apponyi (Count Louis), his library, 173
  • Ariosto (1516), 190
  • Aristoteles (1483), 185; copy on vellum, 143
  • Arnold’s (Matthew) poems, 256
  • “Arthur (King),” 1557, 216
  • Ashburnham (Earl of), sale of his library, 174, 176; Ashburnham MSS., 70
  • Ashmole’s (Elias) library, 9
  • Ashwell (Rev. George), sale of his library, 119
  • Askew (Anthony), sale of his library, 138; MSS., 141
  • Astle (Edward), his library, 156
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