Among the most valuable books in existence are a copy of the Mazarin Bible, printed on paper, and sold for £2690; the sarrK) book, printed en vellum, which brought £3400; Boeee. Croniklis, Edinburgh, printed on vellum for James V, which changed hands for £3900; and the famous Psalterium, Fust and Schooffer, which produced as much as £4950 when Bernard Quaritch purchased it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3438, 3 February 1920, Page 25
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