List of most expensive books and manuscripts

List of most expensive books and manuscripts - Wikipedia

This is a list of printed books, manuscripts, letters, music scores, comic books, maps and other documents which have sold for more than US$1 million.

The Fifteen Most Expensive Books & Manuscripts Ever Sold

Another of the most expensive antique books sold at auction is the St. Cuthbert Gospel, which is certainly one of the oldest books on our list.

Most Expensive Book in the World: Rare and Valuable Books

The Codex Leicester, an extraordinary manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci, stands as a testament to the genius of the Renaissance master. · The ...

Most Expensive Books Ever Sold

The Codex Leicester, a 72-page manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci, was bought by Bill Gates for $30.8 million in 1994 (equivalent to $63.3 million today). Created ...

The Most Expensive Books Ever Sold (Literary Edition) - Public.com

Any of these factors might render a book rare, and in recent years, manuscripts such as The Book of Mormon and Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester have ...

Treat Yourself! The Most Expensive Books Ever Sold - Bookstr

The most expensive book ever sold was the Codex Leicester, which was bought by Bill Gates in 1994 for $30.8 million, which was equivalent to about $54.4 ...

The Most Expensive Book Ever Sold—and 24 More Worth a Fortune

The most expensive books ever sold · Codex Sassoon by an unknown scribe · Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith · Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci.

The world's most expensive books | Howden Insurance

1. Codex Leicester – Leonardo da Vinci · 2. The Book of Mormon (Printer's Manuscript) · 3. The Gospels of Henry the Lion · 4. The Magna Carta · 5.

AbeBooks Releases Their List of the Ten Most Expensive Books for ...

6. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Written over 17 years, this was Joyce's final work. This copy is a signed limited edition. Sold by TBCL The Book ...

The Rarest, Most Expensive Books and Manuscripts in the World

The Rarest, Most Expensive Books and Manuscripts in the World · 1. Codex Leicester ($30.8 Million) · 2. Magna Carta Libertatum ($21.32 Million) · 3 ...

Two Books Break Book Sales Records At Christie's Auction - Forbes

The Most Expensive Books Ever Sold ... Da Vinci's Codex Leicester manuscript—Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates spent $30.8 million in 1994, the ...

World's Rare Books and Manuscripts | Bicerin

The rarest and most expensive books and manuscripts ; Shakespeare's First Folio ; The Birds of America by John James Audubon ; The Rothschild ...

10 of the World's Most Expensive Books Ever ...

Codex Leicester ($30800000) • Magna Carta ($21000000) • St Cuthbert Gospel ($14300000) • Bay Psalm Book ($14200000) • Rothschild Prayerbook ($13400000) ...

What is the most expensive book ever written? Who wrote it ... - Quora

The most valuable book at auction to date in nominal terms is the Codex Sassoon, sold for $38.1mm at auction last year.

25 of the Most Expensive Books You Can Buy on the Internet

Michael Grant, The Founders of the Western World: A History of Greece and Rome (First Edition) — $700,011.00 · 1535 Coverdale Bible (First ...

156 of the Most Expensive Books and Manuscripts In The World

This is a collection of printed books, manuscripts, letters, music scores, comic books, maps, and other documents that have sold for over $1 ...

10 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold - TCK Publishing

One of the rarest books in the world is Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, which is why it also tops this list as the most expensive. Bill Gates purchased ...

7 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold - WION

An important Flemish illuminated manuscript book of hours, it was made by several artists around the year 1500. An Australian businessman ...

AbeBooks most expensive sales of all time

A 1972 facsimile of this historic book published by the Johnson Reprint Corporation in four double elephant folio volumes. Audubon originally published the book ...

The world's most valuable scientific books and manuscripts

The frailty of paper as a recording medium is sadly only too evident from our research. The Gutenberg Bible (above) was the first book produced ...