Senarai buku dan manuskrip yang paling mahal

Ini ialah senarai buku bercetak, manuskrip, surat, skor muzik, buku komik, peta dan dokumen lain yang telah dijual dengan harga lebih daripada AS$1 juta. Tarikh komposisi buku-buku itu berkisar daripada palimpsest daun al-Quran abad ke-7 dan Injil St Cuthbert awal abad ke-8, hingga manuskrip autograf abad ke-21 The Tales of Beedle the Bard karya JK Rowling. Buku cetakan terawal dalam senarai ialah edisi blok kayu beranotasi Lagu Selatan bagi Buku Tang yang dicetak c. 1234. Buku pertama yang mencapai harga jualan lebih daripada $1 juta ialah salinan Bible Gutenberg yang dijual pada harga $2.4 juta pada tahun 1978.

Naskhah terbanyak satu buku yang dijual pada harga lebih $1 juta ialah The Birds of America (1827–1838) karya John James Audubon, yang diwakili oleh lapan salinan berbeza dalam senarai ini.

Buku-buku lain yang dipaparkan beberapa kali dalam senarai ialah Folio Pertama drama Shakespeare dengan lima salinan berasingan dan lima cetakan sisi lebar berasingan Deklarasi Kemerdekaan Amerika Syarikat, Gutenberg Bible dan The North American Indian dengan empat salinan berasingan setiap satu, tiga salinan. daripada De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, dua cetakan setiap satu proklamasi Emansipasi dan Pindaan Ketiga Belas Perlembagaan Amerika Syarikat, dua cetakan folio daripada Shahnameh Shah Tahmasp, dua salinan Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Hortus Eystettensis, Geographia Cosmographia dan terjemahan Bahasa Inggeris William Caxton bagi Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye juga telah berulang kali dijual.

Abraham Lincoln dan Isaac Newton ialah pengarang yang paling banyak diketengahkan, dengan tiga karya berasingan, manakala Albert Einstein, Martin Waldseemüller, George Washington, André Breton, Robert Schumann dan Charlotte Brontë masing-masing mempunyai dua karya berasingan.

 Jadual jualan buku 
Harga (AS$ juta)Judul dan peneranganPenulisTahunPembeliTarikh JualanGambarRujukanInflasi- 

diselaraskanAsal$$30.80Codex Leicester
Buku nota yang mengandungi koleksi tulisan saintifik oleh Leonardo da Vinci, di tangannya sendiri. Sebelum ini dimiliki oleh Giuseppe Ghezzi, Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester dan Armand Hammer.Leonardo da Vinci1500sBill GatesNovember 1994link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vinci_-_Hammer_2A.jpg|150x150px$$43.2United States Constitution
First printing. Sebelum ini dimiliki oleh S. Howard Goldman.Founding Fathers of the United Statesat the Constitutional Convention1787Kenneth C. GriffinNovember 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Usconstitutionfirstprint.jpg|121x121px$$38.2Letters from Zhao Mengfu to his friend Guo Tianxi
Two letters, sold as a set from Yuan dynasty artist Zhao Mengfu to his friendZhao Mengfu1254–1322November 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zhaomengfuletters.jpg|150x150px$$35Book of Mormon
Printer's manuscript. Copy of original manuscript produced by Oliver Cowdery. Originally owned by David Whitmer.1830The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSeptember 2017link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Book_of_mormon_printers_edition.jpg|121x121px$$31.7Letter from Zeng Gong to his friend (júshì tiè局事帖)
Believed to be the only surviving original work by the Song dynasty scholar; written on the back of a sheet of paper used for woodblock printing. Previously owned by Xiang Yuanbian (1525–1590).Zeng GongWang ZhongjunMei 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%B1%80%E4%BA%8B%E5%B8%96.jpg|150x150px$38.1$38.1Codex Sassoon 1053
A copy of the Hebrew Biblethat is contemporary to the Aleppo Codex, and is almost complete and a century older than the Leningrad Codex–akhir abad ke-9Alfred H. Moses untuk ANU - Museum of the Jewish PeopleMei 2023link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Page_from_Codex_Sassoon_1053.png|frameless|156x156px$$21.21Sherborne Missal
Illuminated missal in use at Sherborne Abbey. Chiefly illuminated by John Siferwas. Previously owned by Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.–Awal abad ke-15Perpustakaan BritishJun 2001link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SHERBORNE_MISSAL_-_pp_17-18.jpg|150x150px$$11.70Gospels of Henry the Lion
Illuminated gospel bookcommissioned by Henry the Lion(1129/1131–1195) for use in Brunswick Cathedral.1175The German governmentwith support from private donors; now held at the Herzog August LibraryDisember 1983link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_der_L%C3%B6we_und_Mathilde_von_England.jpg|150x150px$$21.32Magna Carta
1297 exemplificationof the 1216 charter, held by the Brudenell family and later the Perot Foundation.–1297David RubensteinDisember 2007link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magna_Carta_(1297_version_with_seal,_owned_by_David_M_Rubenstein).png|141x141px$$17.06"Book of Tangin detailed sections with glosses by 'Stone Wall Studio'". Woodblock printed edition. Copy previously owned by Cao Kun (1862–1938).Ouyang Xiu(comp.)
Chén Jiàn 陳鑒 (ed.)c. 1230sJun 2018link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%AE%8B%E5%88%BB%E6%9C%AC%E3%80%8A%E7%9F%B3%E5%A3%81%E7%B2%BE%E8%88%8D%E9%9F%B3%E6%B3%A8%E5%94%90%E4%B9%A6%E8%AF%A6%E8%8A%82%E3%80%8B%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%8A%E5%8D%B7%E4%BA%8C%E7%99%BE.jpg|150x150px$$14.34St Cuthbert Gospel
Pocket gospel book that was buried with Saint Cuthbert(d. 687), removed from his coffin in 1104 and kept at Durham Cathedral. Subsequently owned by Thomas Allenand the English Jesuit College.–c.710–730Perpustakaan BritishApril 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cuthbert_Gospel_-_f.1.jpg|112x112px$$14.20Bay Psalm Book
First book printed in what is now the United States. Originally owned by the Old South Church.–1640David RubensteinNovember 2013link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bay_Psalm_Book_LoC.png|124x124px$$13.60Rothschild Prayerbook
An illuminated book of hoursonce in the collections of Anselm Salomon von Rothschild(1803–1874) and his descendants.–c. 1505–1510Kerry StokesJanuari 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rothschild_Prayerbook_2.jpg|150x150px$$13.20Einstein-Besso manuscript
54-page manuscript written jointly by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso. One of only two surviving manuscripts documenting the genesis of general relativity., c. 1912–13November 2021$$12.15 This is the auction price of one page of the book.Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.c.1525–1535April 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FOLIO_FROM_THE_SHAHNAMEH_OF_SHAH_TAHMASP,_ATTRIBUTED_TO_AQA_MIRAK,_CIRCA_1525-35,_Sotheby,s.jpg|98x98px$$11.57The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by Henry Witham (1779–1844).1827–1838London art dealer, Michael TollemacheDisember 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Audubon-Flamingo.jpg|109x109px$$10.00Waldseemüller map
Only surviving copy of the first map to use the name "America" and showing that the Americas were separated from Asia by the Pacific Ocean.1507Library of CongressJun 2003link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waldseemuller_map_2.jpg|150x150px$$9.98Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
First Folioedition with autograph letter of authentication by Edmond Malone (1741–1812). Previously owned by Mills College.1623Stephan LoewentheilOktober 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shakespeare_first_folio_1623_(October_2020_Christies_auction).jpg|112x112px$$9.83Acts of Congress
George Washington's personal copy of a printed edition of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, with annotations in his own hand.–1789Mount Vernon Ladies' AssociationJun 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington's_copy_of_Acts_of_Congress_(1789)_title_page.jpg|116x116px$$9.65The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854).1827–1838an anonymous buyerJun 2018link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aphelocoma_coerulescens_&_Diospyros_virginiana_(Audibon).png|105x105px$$9.32Babylonian Talmud
One of 14 complete sets printed by Daniel Bombergthat are known to exist. Previously owned by Richard Bruerne, Westminster Abbey and the Valmadonna Trust Library.–1519–1523Stephan LoewentheilDisember 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Babylonian_Talmud_(Daniel_Bomberg_1519-1523).jpg|150x150px$$9.19Yongle Encyclopedia()
Two volumes (comprising chapters 2268–2269 and 7391–7392) of the manuscript copy of the Yongle Encyclopediaproduced between 1562 and 1567 for the Jiajing Emperor. The original copy produced between 1403 and 1408 is now lost, and only about 400 of the 11,095 volumes of the 16th-century copy now survive. These two previously unrecorded volumes in private ownership in France were bought.–1567a Chinese collector from Zhejiangcalled Jīn Liàng 金亮July 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yongle_Dadian_auction.png|150x150px$$9.06Histoire de ma vie
Autograph manuscript, including pages that at the time had never been published.Giacomo Casanova1789Bibliothèque nationale de FranceFebruary 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casanova_Histoire_manuscript.jpg|150x150px$$8.80The Olympic Manifesto
Pierre de Coubertin's 14-page autograph manuscript for his 1892 speech outlining his vision for a modern revival of the ancient Olympic Games.1892Alisher Usmanovfor the Olympic MuseumDecember 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_de_Coubertin's_1982_Olympic_Manifesto_(page_2).jpg|114x114pxlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_de_Coubertin's_1982_Olympic_Manifesto_(page_14).jpg|113x113px$$8.80The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by George Lane Fox (1793–1848) and subsequently by John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute1827–1838March 2000link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6_Wild_Turkey.jpg|150x150px$$8.76Quran
Manuscript of the Quran written on coloured Chinese (Ming dynasty) paper speckled with gold flecks; produced under the Aq Qoyunlu Confederation(1378–1501) or the Timurid Empire (1370–1507).–15th centuryJune 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:15th_century_Timurid_or_Aqquyunlu_Quran_on_Chinese_paper_11.jpg|150x150px$$8.31Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor
Illuminated Ashkenazi Jewish prayer book previously owned by Samuel David Luzzatto and the Alliance Israélite Universelle–Late 13th or early 14th centuryOctober 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luzatto_high_holiday_mazoor.webp|111x111px$$8.14United States Declaration of Independence
Dunlap broadside #23. et al.1776a consortium of buyers including Norman LearJune 2000link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dunlap_broadside_copy_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence,_LOC.jpg|92x92px$$7.57The Canterbury Tales
First edition printed by William Caxtonin 1477. Copy originally owned by John Radcliffe, then purchased by 4th Earl Fitzwilliam(1748–1833) in 1776 for £6.1477Maggs BrosJuly 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caxton's_Canterbury_Tales.jpg|118x118px$$7.00The 120 Days of Sodom
Original manuscript. Previously owned by Charles de Noailles. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later declared a French national treasure and removed from auction after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud.Marquis de Sade1785April 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deatail_of_The_120_Days_of_Sodom,_or_the_School_of_Libertinism.jpg|119x119px$$6.64The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society until 1946, and in possession of the Deerfield Academy from 1973 to 1985.1827–1838December 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:41_Ruffed_Grouse.jpg|150x150px$$6.33Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.c.1525–1535March 2022link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rustam_kicking_away_the_boulder_pushed_by_bahman_attributed_to_aqa_mir.jpg|110x110px$$6.20The Deeds of Sir Gillion de Trazegnies in the Middle East
Illuminated chivalric romance on vellum originally owned by Louis de Gruuthuse and subsequently by Louis XII of France and William Cavendish–1464December 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_de_Gruuthuse's_copy_of_the_Deeds_of_Sir_Gillion_de_Trazegnies_in_the_Middle_East,_in_French,_illuminated_manuscript_on_vellum_(southern_Netherlands_(Antwerp_or_perhaps_Bruges),_dated_1464).jpg|115x115px$$6.17Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. Copy from the Library of Abel E. Berland; originally owned by Allen Puleston, then by the Dryden baronets of Canons Ashby.1623Paul AllenOctober 2001link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Title_page_William_Shakespeare's_First_Folio_1623.jpg|119x119px$$6.06Letter from Francis Crick to his son
Letter explaining "the secret of life" written more than a month before the public announcement of the discovery of DNA1953April 2013$6.0$6.0Action Comics#1
First appearance of Supermanand Joe Shuster1938April 2024$5.3$5.3Superman #1
First issue of the first Superman comic book series, owned by Tony ArnoldJerry Siegeland
Joe Shuster1939January 2022$$5.80Northumberland Bestiary
Previously owned by the Dukes of Northumberland. Purchased by an anonymous buyer; resold in June 2007 for an unknown amount to the J. Paul Getty Museum.–c. 1250–1260an anonymous buyerNovember 1990link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northumberlandbestiaryf8.jpg|101x101px$$5.68Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Autograph manuscript by the composer. Given by Alma Mahler to Willem Mengelberg. Later owned by Gilbert Kaplan.1894November 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Manuscript_of_Mahler's_Symphony_2.jpg|150x150px$$5.62The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy owned by the Providence Athenaeum.1827–1838December 2005link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AudubonCarolinaParakeet2.jpg|103x103px$$5.50Les Liliacées
Copy owned by Empress Joséphine(1763–1814)1802November 1985link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lilium_superbum_(Lithographie,_Pierre-Joseph_Redoute).jpg|111x111px$$5.39Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by Carrie Estelle Doheny (1875–1958), then donated to St. John's Seminaryin California. Purchased by Japanese booksellers Maruzen; resold to Keio University in 1996 for an undisclosed sum.–1450–1455Japanese booksellers MaruzenOctober 1987link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_bible_Old_Testament_Epistle_of_St_Jerome.jpg|107x107px$$5.17Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. Copy originally owned by William Bates (1625–1699), then acquired by Daniel Williams(c. 1643–1716) in 1699, and held at Dr Williams's Library in London from 1716 until the sale in 2006.1623London dealer, Simon Finch Rare BooksJuly 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Title_page_of_Dr_Williams_Library_copy_of_Shakespeare's_First_Folio_(1623).jpg|118x118px$$4.86Quran
Royal MamlukQuran written for Sultan Qaitbay (1418–1496). Later owned by Hagop Kevorkian(1872–1962).–1489May 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sultan_qaitbay_quran.jpg|150x150px$$4.59Burdett Psalter
An illuminated psalter made for Jean de Villiers, who was 22nd Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1285 until 1293.–13th centuryan anonymous private collectorJune 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burdett_psalter.jpg|98x98px$$4.47Traité des Arbres Fruitiers
This copy painted between 1804 and 18091768December 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pomme_rambour.jpg|93x93px$$4.45Cornaro Missal
An illuminated missal owned by Cardinal Marco Cornaro (1482–1524) and subsequently by Nathaniel Meyer von Rothschild(1836–1905)–1503July 1999link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cornaro_missal.jpg|102x102px$$4.42United States Declaration of Independence
Official William J. Stone copy of the Declaration of Independence presented in 1824 to signer Charles Carroll of CarrolltonThomas Jefferson et al.1824July 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stonedeclarationofindependence.jpg|86x86px$$4.34Nine Symphonies
Autograph manuscript by the composer of symphonies 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30.1770san anonymous buyer who gave it to the Pierpont Morgan Library on permanent loanMay 1987$$4.34Rules of basketball
Typewritten first draft of the rules by James Naismith.1892David Booth, and given to The University of Kansas on permanent loanDecember 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naismith_Rules_of_Basketball_1892_first_draft.jpg|150x150px$$4.17Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg
Book of Hours painted by Simon Beningfor Albrecht of Brandenburg–1522–23June 2001link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hours_of_albrecht_of_brandenburg_fitzwilliam.jpg|103x103px$$4.07The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the University of Edinburgh.1827–1838April 1992link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:71_Winter_Hawk.jpg|150x150px$$3.97The Tales of Beedle the Bard
One of seven copies handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling.2007Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox on behalf of AmazonDecember 2007$$3.96Geographia Cosmographia
Copy originally owned by Hieronymus Münzer(1437/47–1508).1477Bernard Shaperoon behalf of a private collectorOctober 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BCnzer_copy_of_Ptolomy_Cosmographia_(1477)_E.jpg|150x150px$3.92$3.92Letter from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella
Printed edition of a letter from Columbus describing his visit to the Americas1493October 2023$$3.86Torah
Editio princepsof the Pentateuch in Hebrew, with paraphrases in Aramaic, printed in Bologna.–1482an anonymous buyerApril 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bologna,_avraham_ben_hayyom_dei_tintori,_pentateuco_in_ebraico,_1482,_prima_edizione_datata_(d'elci_654).jpg|150x150px$$3.78Emancipation Proclamation
One of 27 surviving copies of the Leland-Boker"Authorized Edition" printed by Frederick Leypoldt to benefit the Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission. Copy owned by Robert F. Kennedy1863December 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Kennedy-Lincoln_Emancipation_Proclamation.jpg|111x111px$$3.77Rochefoucauld Grail
Three volume illuminated manuscript containing the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Originally owned by Guy VII de La Rochefoucauld. Subsequently owned by Thomas Phillipps and Joost Ritman.–c. 1315–1323December 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rochefoucauld_Grail.jpg|150x150px$$3.72Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Association copy of the first edition1687December 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newton's_Philosophiae_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica_1687_(presentation_copy_to_James_II).jpg|98x98px$$3.63Book of Hours
Illuminated Book of hourson vellum. Previously owned by Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, Henry Yates Thompson, Charles Fairfax Murray, and Alfred Chester Beatty.Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus1440sApril 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1372816_-850x550_width_50.jpg|150x150px$$3.61Hebrew Bible
Vellum manuscript produced in England, comprising the Pentateuch, Haftarah and the Five Megillot. Previously part of the Valmadonna Trust Library.–1189The Green Collection and donated to the Museum of the BibleDecember 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hebrew_Bible-_Pentateuch_with_Haftarot_and_the_Five_Scrolls,_England-_15_Tammuz_4949=2_July_1189.jpg|150x150px$$3.53The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by York Subscription Library and subsequently by the Indiana Historical Society.1827–1838April 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:221_Mallard_Duck.jpg|150x150px$$3.49Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Copyist's manuscript with annotations by the composer.1824an anonymous private collectorMay 2003link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beethoven_ninth_symphony_manuscript.jpg|150x150px$$3.40Letter from Abraham Lincolnresponding to "Little People's Petition"
Response from Lincoln to "Children's Petition to the President asking him to free all the little slave children in this country."April 2008link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_letter_petition.jpg|105x105px$$3.33Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for lute or keyboard in E flat major(BWV 998)
Autograph manuscript signed by Bach. Originally owned by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and subsequently by Breitkopf and Alfred Henry Huthc. 1735–1740July 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bach,_Prelude,_Fugue_and_Allegro_in_E-flat_major,_BWV_998_manuscript.jpg|150x150px$$3.22Letter from George Washington to Bushrod Washington
Letter from Washington to his nephew arguing in support of the adoption of the proposed U.S. Constitution1787December 2009link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_washington_letter_bushrod.jpg|150x150px$$3.11The Gospels of Queen Theutberga
Illuminated gospel book, probably produced at the Benedictine abbey at Metzfor a member of the Carolingian dynasty, perhaps Queen Theutberga. Previously owned by Guglielmo Libriand William Tite.–c.825–850July 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Folio_6v-7r,_canon_table,_Manuscrit_de_Theutberge.jpg|150x150px$$3.09Last Address as President
Autograph manuscript of Lincoln's final speech. Previously owned by Joan Whitney Payson.1865March 2002link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_last_speech_manuscript.jpg|150x150px$$3.03Dune
Storyboard for an unproduced film based on the 1965 science fiction novel Dune by Frank HerbertAlejandro Jodorowsky, Jean Giraud, et al.January 2022$$3.03Monypenny Breviary
Illuminated breviaryoriginally owned by William Monypenny.–Pierre BeresJuly 1989link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moneypenny_breviary.jpg|125x125px$$2.97Surrealist Manifesto
Autograph Manuscript owned by Simone Collinet. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later declared a French national treasure and removed from auction after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud.1924May 2008$$2.89"God" letter
Letter written by Einstein to his friend Eric Gutkindexplaining his religious beliefs1954December 2018$$2.88The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska
Limited edition copy on Japan vellum signed by Curtis1907–1930April 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sioux_chiefs_-_Curtis_-_1905.jpg|150x150px$$2.8Das Große Stammbuch
An album amicorum (book of friendship) comprising paintings and drawing by many different artists, collected by Philipp Hainhoferbetween 1596 and 1633.–1596–1633The Herzog August LibraryAugust 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Album_Amicorum_of_Philipp_Hainhofer.jpg|150x150px$$2.77Portolan Atlas1542–46April 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Portolan_Atlas_of_the_World_by_Battista_Agnese.jpg|150x150px$$2.75Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. Copy originally owned by Robert Edwards, then by George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804).1623a private collector in the USMay 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pages_52-53_of_the_Shuckburgh_copy_of_Shakespeare's_First_Folio.jpg|150x150px$$2.70Psalter and Hours of Elizabeth de Bohun
Illuminated manuscript originally owned by Elizabeth de Bohun. Subsequently purchased for an unknown amount.–14th centuryThe Green Collection and donated to the Museum of the Bible1988link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hours_&_Psalter_of_Elizabeth_de_Bohun.jpg|150x150px$$2.57Imhof Prayerbook
Illuminated by Simon Bening. Earliest dated work by Bening–1511July 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_imhof_prayerbook_illuminated_by_simon_bening_in_latin_and_dutch_il).jpg|150x150px$$2.56Doria Atlas
Composite atlas comprising a mixture of manuscript and printed maps dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries; commissioned by Giovanni Andrea Doria(1539–1606).–1570–1620Bernard ShaperoOctober 2005link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doria_Atlas.jpg|150x150px$$2.55Hortus Eystettensis
Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition. Originally owned by Giovanni Faber.1613July 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hortus_Eystettensis_by_Basilius_Besler.jpg|150x150px$$2.52Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Presentation copy of the first edition given to James II by Newton1687December 2013link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newton's_Philosophiae_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica_1687_(presentation_copy_to_James_II).jpg|98x98px$$2.50The First Book of Urizen
One of eight surviving copies of the original hand-printed, colour-illustrated book. Copy owned by John Hay Whitney (1904–1982).1794a private collectorApril 1999link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Book_of_Urizen,_copy_G_object_1_The_Book_of_Urizen.jpg|105x105px$$2.50On the Road
Original scroll.1951Jim IrsayMay 2001$$2.48Quran leaf palimpsest
One of the earliest quranic manuscripts known–Mid 7th centuryApril 2008link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quran_leaf_palimpsest.jpg|150x150px$$2.42Biblia pauperum(The Gotha-Doheny Copy)–1460–1470October 1987link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BibliaPauperum.jpg|102x102px$$2.41Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Copy signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and various members of Congress. One of 3 "Senate" copies of vellum. Previously owned by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.–1864May 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AN_EXTREMELY_RARE_MANUSCRIPT_COPY_OF_THE_THIRTEENTH_AMENDMENT_TO_THE_UNITED_STATES_CONSTITUTION,_SIGNED_AND_ENDORSED_BY_ABRAHAM_LINCOLN_(%22ABRAHAM_LINCOLN%22;_%22APPROVED._FEBRUARY_1,_1865.%22).png|103x103px$$2.40Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by the Pforzheimer Foundation.–1450–1455The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin1978link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_bible,_Genesis,_Chapter_XI,_Volume_I-9r_-_Harry_Ransom_Center_-_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_-_DSC08418.jpg|150x150px$$2.40De libris revolutionum eruditissimi viri...Doctoris Nicolai Copernici… Narratio prima
First Edition of the first account of Copernicus's heliocentrism1540July 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rheticus.jpg|113x113px$$2.40Machzor
Florentine illuminated manuscript on vellum–1490sMay 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2012_PAR_03504_0062_009(mahzor_livre_contenant_les_prieres_pour_les_fetes_de_lannee_liturgique).jpg|126x126px$$2.36Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies (First Folio)
Third issue of the First Folioedition. Copy owned by Lord Hesketh (1916–1955).1623December 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shakespeare_First_Folio_1623_(Hesketh_copy)_pages_130-131.jpg|150x150px$$2.34Quran
Signed Yahya Bin Muhammad Inn 'Umar, Probably Mesopotamia. Previously owned by Archer Milton Huntington(1870–1955) and the Hispanic Society of America–1203October 2007link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koran_1203.jpg|150x150px$$2.30Symphony No. 2
Autograph manuscript by the composer.1846–47Robin LehmanDecember 1994$$2.21De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 1543. Copy originally owned by (1643–1721) and subsequently by Myron Prinzmetal(1908–1987).1543June 2008link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium_(Nuremberg_Johann_Petreius_1543)_title_page.jpg|108x108px$$2.20Archimedes Palimpsest
Palimpsestmanuscript of On the Equilibrium of Planes, On Floating Bodies, The Method of Mechanical Theorems, On Spiral Lines, On the Sphere and the Cylinder, On the Measurement of the Circle, and Stomachion.Archimedeslate 10th centuryOctober 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Archimedes_Palimpsest.jpg|150x150px$$2.20Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by the General Theological Seminary in New York.–1450–1455Bernard H. Breslauer on behalf of the Württembergische Landesbibliothekin StuttgartApril 1978link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:W%C3%BCrttembergische_Landesbibliothek_Stuttgart_Gutenberg_Genesis.png|110x110px$$2.17Emancipation Proclamation
One of 27 surviving copies of the Leland-Boker"Authorized Edition" printed by Frederick Leypoldt to benefit the Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission. Signed by Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward1863May 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:THE_%22AUTHORIZED_EDITION%22_OF_THE_EMANCIPATION_PROCLAMATION,_SIGNED_BY_PRESIDENT_ABRAHAM_LINCOLN.jpg|146x146px$$2.13Almanac Book of Hours
Illuminated book of hours on vellum. Originally made for Marie de BalsacMaster of the Monypenny Breviary1490sJuly 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Almanac_book_of_hours.jpg|150x150px$$2.10A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America Layd Down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783
First map of the United States published in America. Previously owned by William L. Dayton and the New Jersey Historical Society.1784December 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abel_Buell_Map_of_the_United_States_of_North_America_1783_(four_sheets_stitched_together).jpg|150x150px$$2.10Letter from Szilard and Einstein to President Roosevelt
Typed letter written by Leo Szilard and signed by Albert Einstein warning that Nazi Germany might develop nuclear weapons and suggesting the US should start its own nuclear program.1939March 2002$$2.10United States Declaration of Independence
Broadside printed by John Rogers based on the Pennsylvania Evening Post et al.1776May 2022$$2.05Like a Rolling Stone
Handwritten working lyrics by Bob Dylan1965June 2014$$2.02Symphony No. 2
Autograph manuscript by the composer1908May 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rachmaninoff_symphony_no.2_autograph_manuscript.png|150x150px$$1.95Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Book of hoursoriginally owned by Galeazzo Maria Sforza, and subsequently by William Waldorf Astor–1471–1476July 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_great_hours_of_galeazzo_maria_sforza_duke_of_milan_use_of_rome_in).jpg|108x108px$$1.88Kufic Quran
Almost complete manuscript on vellum, produced in North Africa or the Middle East. Previously owned by Archer Milton Huntington(1870–1955) and the Hispanic Society of America–Early 10th centuryOctober 2007link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christies_Sale_7428_Kufic_Qur'an.jpg|150x150px$$1.87Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Copy signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and various members of Congress–1864March 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:13th_Amendment_signed_by_Abraham_Lincoln.jpg|100x100px$$1.85Opera(Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneid, with argumenta)
Second printed edition of the works of Virgil, published in Venice by Vindelinus de Spira in 1470Virgil1470June 2013link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vergilius_Maro_Publius_Opera_Venice_Vindelinus_de_Spira_1470_D_and_E.jpg|150x150px$$1.85Missal
Illuminated by the Master of the Prayerbook of Albrecht V–1430–35July 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2014_CKS_01584_0011_001(missal_use_of_udine_illuminated_manuscript_on_vellum_vienna_c1430-35).jpg|150x150px$$1.85Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Translated and printed by William Caxton( – ) in Bruges; the first printed book in English and the first book printed by Caxton. Previously owned by George Hibbert, John Wilks and Thomas Phillipps.1464July 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Recuyell_of_the_Historyes_of_Troye_(Caxton_1473-1474).jpg|150x150px$$1.80Gutenberg Bible
Copy originally owned by George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804).–1450–1455Gutenberg Museum in MainzMarch 1978link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_Bible_Mainz_Copy.jpg|150x150px$$1.79Album of watercolours15552006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Album_of_original_watercolors_by_Pierre_Gourdelle.jpg|150x150px$$1.76Liber Insularum Archipelagi
Illuminated Atlas of the Greek Islands on vellum. Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps.1450April 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liber_Insularum_Archipelagi_by_Cristoforo_Buondelmonti.jpg|150x150px$$1.73Double plate from King Ottokar's Sceptre1939October 2015$$1.71The Birds of America
One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the Young Men's Association of the City of Buffalo (later Buffalo & Erie County Public Library).1827–1838April 1997link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:411_Common_American_Swan.jpg|150x150px$$1.70Revisions to Principia Mathematica
Newton's autograph manuscript revisions to three sections of the first edition of the Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Originally owned by David Gregory.1694July 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Revisionstoprincipia.jpg|150x150px$$1.69Wycliffe New Testament
Vellum New Testament in later version, translated into Middle Englishby Wycliffe and John Purvey. Previously owned by Alexander Peckover and Apsley Cherry-Garrard.1st half of the 15th centuryDecember 2016link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wycliffe_new_testament.png|150x150px$$1.67Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.c.1530–1540October 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown,_Iran,_16th_Century_-_Illustration_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|97x97px$$1.67Translation into French by Jean Corbechon of De proprietatibus rerum. Originally made for Charles V of France.July 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Creation_in_the_Livre_des_propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_des_choses_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|102x102px$$1.65De humani corporis fabrica
The only known completely coloured copy. Probably the presentation copy given to Charles V by Vesalius in 1543.1543March 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vesalius_color-1543.jpg|106x106px$$1.60The Watsons
Autograph manuscript of a draft for the unfinished novel. Originally owned by Cassandra Austen1803July 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Austen_the_watsons_manuscript.jpg|116x116px$$1.59Apple computer contract
Original Apple Partnership Agreement, signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne–1976December 2011$$1.56Description de l'Égypte
First edition copy originally owned by Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier(1775–1835)Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte1817–1830May 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Description_de_l%C2%B4Egypte_1.jpg|104x104px$$1.55Arabic-English Lexicon
Fair copy. Commissioned by Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland1842–1876October 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arabic-English_Lexicon.png|119x119px$$1.55Circe
Autograph manuscript of chapter of Ulysses with additions, revisions and reworkings by Joyce in the margins. Originally owned by John Quinn.1920The National Library of IrelandDecember 2000link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joyce_circe_manuscript.jpg|96x96px$$1.54Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
First edition copy originally owned by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)1865December 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlicesAdventuresInWonderlandTitlePage.jpg|115x115px$$1.50Jami' al-tawarikh
59 folios from the second volume of the "Arabic Manuscript".Early 14th centuryNasser Khalili for the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art1980link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_mss_0727_fol_11a.jpg|213x213px$$1.50United States Declaration of Independence
Broadsideprinted by John Holt. One of only five surviving Holt broadsides. Originally owned by Colonel David Mulford et al.1776January 2018link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holt_broadside_printing_of_the_declaration_of_independence.jpg|125x125px$$1.45The Federalist Papers: No. 4
Autograph draft manuscript. Originally owned by Jay's sons Peter and William.1787December 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2015_NYR_12435_0242_000(federalist_papers_--_jay_john_autograph_draft_manuscript_of_federalist).jpg|123x123px$$1.44The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska1907–1930October 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canyon_de_Chelly,_Navajo.jpg|150x150px$$1.44Letter from George Washington to John Armstrong Sr.
Letter from Washington explaining his private thoughts on the U.S. Constitution1788June 2013link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2013_NYR_02717_0188_001(washington_george_autograph_letter_signed_to_john_armstrong_mount_vern_d5700058).jpg|94x94px$$1.43Murphy
Autograph Manuscript. Originally owned by Brian Coffey.1936July 2013$$1.43The Federalist
Copy originally owned by George Washington(1732–1799), John Jay and James Madison1788January 1990link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Federalist_(1st_ed,_1788,_vol_I,_title_page)_-_02.jpg|122x122px$$1.42The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska1907–1930October 2005link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inupiat_Family_from_Noatak,_Alaska,_1929,_Edward_S._Curtis_(restored).jpg|150x150px$$1.41Hortus Eystettensis
Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition1613November 2001link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Besler_basilius.jpg|98x98px$$1.41Epistolae
First edition of the enlarged recension of the letters of Hieronymus (Saint Jerome), printed on vellum in Mainz by Peter Schöffer. Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps.1470July 2010link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hieronymus_Epistolae_edited_by_Adrianus_Brielis_(Mainz_Peter_Schoeffer_1470).jpg|150x150px$$1.40Poisson Soluble
Autograph manuscript owned by Simone Collinet1924May 2008$$1.38Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II
From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem previously owned by Rudolf Martin. Illustration attributed to Burji.c.1577April 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:An_Illustrated_and_Illuminated_Leaf_from_the_Shah_Isma'il_II_Shahnameh-_The_party_after_homage_paid_to_Kay_Khosraw_by_nobles_following_his_enthronement,_ascribed_to_the_artist_Burji,_Qazvin,_Persia,_Safavid,_circa_1577.jpg|122x122px$$1.33Opticks
Presentation copy of the first edition given by Newton to Edmond Halley. Inscribed "Luceo. Ex dono doctissimi Authoris" on title page by Halley.1704December 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newton_opticks.png|107x107px$$1.29The Complete Book of the Medical Art
Earliest known copy of the work. Previously owned by Baha' al-Din al-'Amilic.980October 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E2%80%98Ali_Ibn_al-%E2%80%98Abbas_al-Majusi_(latinised_as_'Haly_Abbas',_d.circa_995_AD),_Kitab_kamil_al-sina%E2%80%99ah_al-tibbiyah_('The_Complete_Book_of_the_Medical_Art'),_Iraq_or_Western_Persia,_Fars,_probably_Shiraz,_last_quarter_10th_Century_AD.jpg|150x150px$$1.29Atlas of England and Wales
First printed atlas of England and Wales and set of five maps and plates illustrating Drake's expedition to the West Indies, 1585-1586. London, 1588]-15891579–90March 2007link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_of_England_and_Wales_by_Christopher_Saxton.jpg|150x150px$$1.28De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 15431543November 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copernicus_de_revolutionibus.jpg|103x103px$$1.26Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Translated and printed by William Caxton( – ) in Bruges; the first printed book in English and the first book printed by Caxton. Copy previously owned by 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.1464July 1998link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Recuyell_of_the_Historyes_of_Troye_(Caxton_1473-1474)_detail.jpg|150x150px$$1.26Marvel Comics#11939November 2019$$1.25Hours of the Cross
Illuminated manuscript on vellum original owned by John, Duke of Berryand subsequently by Beatrice of Portugal and Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton.–1425–1435December 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hours_of_the_cross.jpg|102x102px$$1.25A Book of Ryhmes
Miniature manuscript, one of 17 'little' books written by Brontë when she was a child. Purchased by Friends of the National Libraries and subsequently donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum.1829April 2022$$1.24Handwritten manuscript of translation into French of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica1745–49October 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Exposition_Abr%C3%A9g%C3%A9e_Du_Syst%C3%A8me_Du_Monde_Selon_Les_Principes_De_Monsieur_Newton_by_%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet.jpg|150x150px$$1.22Summa de arithmetica
First edition of the first vernacular book on algebra and the first description of double-entry bookkeeping1494June 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PACIOLI,_Luca_(Lucas_de_Burgo_S._Sepulchri;_c.1445-1517)._Somma_di_arithmetica,_geometria,_proporzioni_e_proporzionalit%C3%A0._Venice-_Paganinus_de_Paganinis.jpg|108x108px$$1.21American Pie
Handwritten working lyrics by Don McLean1971April 2015$$1.20A Day in the Life
Handwritten lyrics by John Lennon1967June 2010$$1.18United States Declaration of Independence
Broadsideprinted by E. Russell et al.1776January 2018link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_of_independence_broadside_printed_by_e_russell.jpg|92x92px$$1.17Diaries
Six volumes of the author's diaries from 1805 to 1814.Stendhal1805–1814preemptively purchased prior to auction by the French state; now held at the Musée Stendhal in GrenobleJune 2006link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stendhal_diaries.jpg|102x102px$$1.17Frankenstein
First edition. One of only 500 copies of the original run.Mary Shelley1818September 2021$$1.16On the Theory of Relativity
Handwritten manuscript1912December 1987link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_special_relativity_manuscript.jpg|113x113px$$1.14An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Author's own copy of the first edition1776December 2018link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wealth_of_Nations.jpg|90x90px$$1.14Tuhfat al-Ahrar
Timurid or early Safavid Persian manuscript on variously coloured gold-speckled paperJamiEarly 16th centuryJune 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jami_tahfat_al_ahrar.jpg|150x150px$$1.11Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Autograph manuscript by the composer1853November 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schumann_scenes_from_faust_autograph_manuscript.jpg|97x97px$$1.10Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard
Autograph Manuscript1897October 2015link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jamais_un_coup_de_d%C3%A9_n'abolira_le_hasard.png|150x150px$$3.6Amazing Fantasy #15
First appearance of Spider-Man, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko1962September 2021$$1.09Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis
The Angel of Bounty and the arrival of the Second Heaven of Pearls–October 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2019_CKS_17178_0038_001(an_illustrated_double-sided_folio_from_the_nahj_al-faradis_the_angel_o).jpg|100x100px$$1.08Geographia tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diverse autori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con i disegni di molte citta et fortesse
Italian assembled-to-order atlas1592April 2012link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Lafreri-Duchetti_Italian-Assembled-To-Order_(IATO)_Atlas.jpg|107x107px$$1.07Detective Comics #27
First appearance of Batman and Bill Finger19392010$$1.07Naturalis Historia
Printed in Rome on vellum1470October 2005link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pliny_historia_naturalis.jpg|128x128px$$1.07De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 15431543November 2013link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copernicus_de_revolutionibus.jpg|103x103px$$1.07Young Men's Magazine
Miniature manuscript, one of six 'little' books written by Brontë. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later purchased by the Brontë Parsonage Museum for $873,600 after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud1830December 2011link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bronte_young_men's_magazine.jpg|150x150px$$1.05On the Origin of Species
Third edition with autograph annotations for second German edition. Originally owned by Heinrich Georg Bronn.1861December 2017link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_Origin_of_Species_annotated_third_edition.jpg|150x150px$$1.05The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska
Portfolio and Volumes 1–161907–1930October 2007link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Piegan_Dandy,_1900.jpg|104x104px$$1.04Letter by John Hancockannouncing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
Manuscript letter signed by Hancock as President of Congress1776January 2020link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_hancock_letter.jpg|117x117px$$1.03Opera
First edition of the complete works of Plato in any language. Translated into Latin by Marsilio Ficinoand printed by Lorenzo de Alopa.Plato1485April 2021link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2021_NYR_19787_0147_002(platos_opera_lorenzo_de_alopa_but_the_nuns_of_san_jacopo_di_ripoli_148074817).jpg|150x150px$$1.03Composition Notebook
Autograph wartime manuscript of mathematical notes. Left in Turing's will to Robin Gandy.1944April 2015$$1.02Geographia Cosmographia
First Ulmedition1482June 2009link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ptolemy_geographia.png|150x150px$$1.02Babe Ruth's contract with the Boston Red Sox
Signed by Ruth, Ban Johnson and Harry Frazee–1918July 2014link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Babe_ruth_contract_red_sox.jpg|150x150px$$1.02Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis
The Two Hells reserved for Misers and Flatterers–October 2019link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nahj_al_faradis_2.jpg|102x102px$$1.01À la recherche du temps perduvol. 1: Du côté de chez Swann
First galley proofs of "Du côté de chez Swann". Given to Robert Proust(1873–1935) by the author.1913June 2000link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MS_A_la_recherche_du_temps_perdu.jpg|150x150px$$1.00Waldseemüller gores
Waldseemüller map printed in gores format to be made into globe1507June 2005link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waldseem%C3%BCller-Globus.jpg|150x150px

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