I'm still wondering how a book would cost millions of dollars. Here's the 14 most expensive books in the world.
1. Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci ($30.8 million) Bought by Microsoft CEO, Mr. Bill Gates.
2. The Magna Carta (original exemplar) ($21.2 million)
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3. The St. Cuthbert Gospel ($14.3 million)
4. Bay Psalm Book ($14 million) Written by Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, it is the first book ever printed in now the United States. It was bought by an American financier David Rubenstein from Old South Church in Boston against a huge amount of $14 million.
5. Rothschild Prayer Book ($13.4 million) Purchased by an Australian businessman, Kerry Stokes.
6. Birds of America, James Audubon ($11.5 million)
7. Gospels of Henry the Lion – $11.4 million: Purchased by the German government at Sotheby’s of London in 1983 for £8,140,000, or about $11.4 million (at the time).
8. The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer — $7.5 million.
9. First Folio, William Shakespeare — $6.2 million: In 2001, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased a copy for $6,166,000 at Christie’s New York.
10. The Gutenberg Bible — $4.9 million: With just about 48 of them in the world, a copy of the Gutenberg Bible sold in 1987 for a then-record $4.9 million at Christie’s New York.
11. 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
12. Geographia Cosmographia, Claudius Ptolemy — $4 million
13. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling — $3.98 million: Handwritten by the author herself, this book was purchased by Amazon.com for a whopping $3.98 million.
14. The First Book of Urizen, William Blake — $2.5 million: Originally printed in 1794, Bought at Sotheby’s New York in 1999 for $2.5 million by a private collector.
Have you read any of them? Kindly drop a comment. How much was the most expensive book you have ever purchased?
Edaki Aaron Odion
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