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Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 2:55pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
10;The First Book of Urizen by William Blake — $2.5 million Originally printed in 1794, The First Book of Urizen is one of the major pieces (and some say the most important) in Blake’s series of prophetic works. One of only eight known surviving copies was sold at Sotheby’s New York in 1999 for $2.5 million to a private collector. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 2:57pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
9;The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling — $3.98 million Before this book, meant to be the same children’s book that figures heavily in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, became a mass-market paperback, J.K. Rowling created seven original copies, each one handwritten and illustrated by Rowling herself. Six were given to friends and editors, but in 2007, one of the seven was put up for auction. It was snapped up by Amazon.com for a whopping $3.98 million, making it the most expensive modern manuscript ever purchased at auction. The money from the sale of the book was donated to The Children’s Voice charity campaign. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 2:59pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
8;Geographia Cosmographia by Claudius Ptolemy — $4 million The world’s first printed atlas, and the world’s first book to make use of engraved illustrations, Ptolemy’s 1477 Cosmographia sold at Sotheby’s London in 2006 for £2,136,000, or almost $4 million at the time. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by clive2u(m): 3:00pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
wetin i read comot, abi na book of the living? 1 Like |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 3:01pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
7;Traité des arbres fruitiers [Treatise on Fruit Trees] by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, illustrated by Pierre Antoine Poiteau and Pierre Jean François Turpin — $4.5 million Definitely the most expensive book ever written about fruit trees (featuring sixteen different varieties!), a copy of this lush, five volume set of illustrations and text sold for about $4.5 million in 2006. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 3:02pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
clive2u:Book of the living fit cost pass all these ones. |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 3:04pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
6;The Gutenberg Bible — $4.9 million A copy of the Gutenberg Bible sold in 1987 for a then-record $4.9 million at Christie’s New York. Only 48 of the books — the first to be printed with movable type — exist in the world. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 3:07pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
5;First Folio by William Shakespeare — $6 million Though the First Folio’s original price was a single pound (one or two more if you wanted it bound in leather or otherwise adorned), intact copies are now among the most highly prized finds among book collectors, with only an estimated 228 (out of an original 750) left in existence. In 2001, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased a copy for $6,166,000 at Christie’s New York. 4 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by makkosky(m): 4:11pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
lovely. nice pics lalasticlala |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Diospropio: 4:34pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Make the books no reach a Nigerian's hand o, na piracy go finish them. 3 Likes |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 4:55pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
4;The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer — $7.5 million A first edition of the 15th century bawd-fest sold for £4.6m (or about $7.5 million at the time) at Christie’s in London in 1998. Of the dozen known copies of the 1477 first edition, this was the last to be held privately, and was originally purchased for £6 by the first Earl Fitzwilliam at the sale of John Radcliffe’s library at Christie’s in 1776. Talk about growing your investment. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 5:10pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
3;Birds of America by James Audubon — $11.5 million In 2000, Christie’s auctioned off a copy (one of only 119 known complete copies in the world) of Birds in America for $8,802,500. Ten years later, another complete first edition was sold at London at Sotheby’s for £7,321,250 (or about $11.5 million) Today, another copy of the enormous four volume set goes up for auction at Christie’s, and perhaps another world record will be made. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by darfay: 5:24pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
The Bible is still the most important book 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 5:37pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
2;The Gospels of Henry the Lion by Order of Saint Benedict — $11.7 million Originally commissioned by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, for the altar of the Virgin Mary at the Brunswick Cathedral, this gospel book was purchased by the German government at Sotheby’s of London in 1983 for £8,140,000, or about $11.7 million (at the time). At 266 pages, including 50 full-page illustrations, the book is considered a masterpiece of the 12th century Romanesque illuminated manuscript. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 5:40pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
1;The Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci — $30.8 million The most famous of da Vinci’s scientific journals, the 72-page notebook is filled with the great thinker’s handwritten musings and theories on everything from fossils to the movement of water to what makes the moon glow. The manuscript was first purchased in 1717 by Thomas Coke, who later became the Earl of Leicester, and then, in 1980, bought from the Leicester estate by art collector Armand Hammer (whose name the manuscript bore for the fourteen years he owned it). In 1994, Bill Gates nabbed the journal at auction for $30,800,000, making it the most expensive book ever purchased. But hey, at least Gates put his purchase to good use — he had the book scanned and turned into a screensaver distributed with Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by CivilzedTyger(m): 7:35pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Hmm. Book $30m God give me inspiration make I write book |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Maxcollins042(m): 7:47pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
J.K Rowling can write eh 1 Like |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by gbenga4231: 7:48pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
very Informative |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by geez18(m): 7:54pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Maxcollins042:lol... no be dat J.K Rowling wey you dey think oh.. lolz |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Maxcollins042(m): 8:02pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
geez18: Which J.K Rowling this one come be? |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by noblealuu: 8:22pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Knowledge is power! |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by keryj(f): 9:14pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
ai yam not ondastanding |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Nobody: 9:21pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
What about THERE WAS A COUNTRY |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by YOUNGEBEN91(m): 9:46pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
What about those books in the movie Goosebumps?
They must be very expensive. |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by PhenomenalMorgan(m): 9:54pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
are the books fire and water proof |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Naijawebmaster: 10:14pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Book of Life is the most important and expensive book. If you know, you know. |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by EbukaHades10(m): 10:32pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Naijawebmaster:But e no dey market. 1 Like |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Uyi168: 10:58pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Naijawebmaster:ur book of life is still a 'book' SMH.. |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by Naijawebmaster: 10:58pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
EbukaHades10: E too expensive na. No human fit buy am. Na why e no dey market. |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by flejnr2(f): 12:34am On Nov 29, 2018 |
WERE Jonathan book na |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by abellad: 9:48am On Nov 29, 2018 |
thankyou |
Re: Ten Most Expensive Books In The World. by ladyjblinks(f): 1:12pm On Nov 29, 2018 |
EbukaHades10:I just knew J.K Rowling will make the list |
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