Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1901 — High-Priced Book. [ARTICLE]

High-Priced Book.

The biggest price ever paid for a book was $44,500, given for an original copy of the Psalterium, published by Faust In 1459. It was bought by Bernard Quarltch. #