Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1894 — Rare Book. [ARTICLE]

Rare Book.

It is reported, notes the Critic, that a copy, in excellent condition,of Poe’s “Tamerlane” (1827), one of tho rarest books in the world, has recently been discovered and is held at sl,625. It is said to have been picked up in a second-hand bookstore in Boston sixty years ago, and to have remained in the possession of the purchaser ever since. It Is no disgrace to wear good clothes, provided they are paid for.