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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

  • Dibdin (Dr. T. F.), 21, 32
  • Dickens’s Novels, &c., 255, 261
  • Digby (Sir Kenelm), sale of his library, 112
  • Dillon (John), his library, 165
  • Domville (Sir Cecil), his library, 174
  • Dorne’s (John) Day-Book, 84
  • Drake’s ‘Eboracum,’ 245
  • Drummond of Hawthornden’s ‘Forth Feasting,’ 218
  • Du Fresnoy (H. Petit), specimen of binding from his library, 252
  • Dugdale’s ‘Warwickshire,’ 245
  • Dunsmore (John), 109, 111
  • Dunton’s (John) account of the booksellers of his time, 29
  • D’Urfey’s (T.) ‘Pills to Purge Melancholy,’ published price, 99
  • Dyneley (R. D.), his library, 172
  • Dyson (Humphrey), sale of his books, 115
  • East, destruction of MSS. in the, 55
  • Ebesham (William), 61
  • Edwards (James), his library, 149
  • Ellis’s (F. S.) stock, sale of, 176
  • Evans (Robert H.), bookseller and auctioneer, 34, 154
  • Eve (Clovis), specimen of his binding, 253
  • Fabyan’s ‘Chronicles,’ 218
  • Fagel (Greffier), his library, 148
  • Farmer (Richard), D.D., sale of his library, 145
  • Fashion in the prices of books, 17
  • Fastolfe’s books (1459), 57
  • Fielding’s (Henry) library, 135
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