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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

  • Blew (Rev. W. J.), his library, 174
  • Block books, price of, 181
  • Blomefield’s ‘Norfolk,’ 245
  • Boccaccio, 190; Valdarfer edition (1471), 154
  • Boece’s ‘Cronikles,’ translated by Bellenden, on vellum, 248
  • Bohn (Henry G.), bookseller, 35; sale of his ‘Epoch,’ 176
  • Bolland (Baron), his library, 162
  • Book-collecting as an investment, 19
  • Book sales in the nineteenth century which have realised over £10,000, 175
  • Book trade circa 1525, 85
  • Books: Imported into England, 81 Not to be sold at too high a price, 82 Sellers of, 26-48
  • Borromeo (Count), his library, 157
  • Botticelli’s drawings in illustration of Dante, 69
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