Costliest Books In The World

15May,2024 Credit: Etsy

Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci

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The Bay Psalm Book

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Birds of America by John James Audubon

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

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First Folio by William Shakespeare

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The Rothschild Prayerbook

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