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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

  • Beloe (William), 20
  • Bentley (T.), auctioneer, 118
  • Bent’s ‘General Catalogue,’ 93
  • Beresford-Hope (Rt. Hon. A. J. B.), his library, 170
  • Berri (Jean Due de), inventory of his library, 56
  • Berri (Duchesse de), her library, 159
  • Bernard (Charles), sale of his library, 127
  • Bernard (Dr. Francis), sale of his library, 119, 126
  • Berwick (Lord), his library, 162
  • Bible: ‘Biblia Sacra Latina,’ Gutenberg & Fust, price of, 182 ‘Biblia Sacra Latina,’ Fust & Schoeffer, price of, 182 Latin version of the Psalms, Fust & Schoeffer (1459), price of, 182 ‘Biblia Latina,’ N. Jensen, 183 In English, by Coverdale (1535), 183 Tyndale’s New Testament (1526), 183 Complutensian Polyglot (1514-17), 142, 183 Plantin Polyglot, 184 Walton’s Polyglot, 185 (Alcuin’s), at the British Museum, 74 (Eliot), 222
  • Bindings, sale of, 111; specimens of, 250-255
  • Bindley (James), his library, 157, 175; his portraits, &c., 158
  • Blake’s poems, 256
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