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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

  • Hildyard (T. B. F.), his library, 174
  • Hill (Thomas), his library, 162
  • Hoare (Sir Richard Colt), his library, 170, 175
  • Holland (Henry): ‘Basiliōlogia,’ 249 ‘Herōologia,’ 249
  • Holmes’s ‘Life of the Queen,’ enhanced price, 102
  • Homerus (1488), 186
  • Homer’s ‘Iliad’: MS., 68 Subscription for Pope’s translation, 101 ‘Batrachomyomachia’ (1486), sold in Maittaire’s library, 133
  • Hope (Adrian), his library, 174
  • Hopetoun (Earl of), his library, 172
  • Horatius (1470), 186; printed by Didot (1799), on vellum, 248
  • Home (Rev. T. Hartwell) on MSS., 53
  • Howell (John), auctioneer, 119
  • Hunt’s (John) inventory of books (1483), with prices, 84
  • Hunter (John), his library, 155
  • Hurd (Philip), his library, 159
  • Hutchinson (Joshua H.), his library, 173
  • Illustrated books, 249, 250
  • Italian classics, 190
  • Jacomb (Dr. Thomas), sale of his library, 118
  • James I. as a book collector, 6
  • Jersey (Earl of), Osterley Park library, 171, 175
  • Johnson (Dr. Samuel): His work on the ‘Bibliotheca Harleiana,’ 31 English Dictionary, published price, 96 Sale of his library, 141
  • Johnson’s (Michael) address prefixed to an auction catalogue, 46
  • Jonson’s (Ben) Works, 221
  • Junot (Marshal), his library, 156
  • Justinus (1470), 186
  • Juvenalis et Persius, 187
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