The world’s most expensive book

The rare book “Birds of America” is exhibiting at Christie’s in New York, which will be on April 20 proceeding with an auction in New York. “Birds of America” was created ​​by the American ornithologist, artist and naturalist John James Audubon in 1827, in which he vividly depicted over 400 species of birds living in the United States and the pictures of birds are equal in size to the real. “Birds of America” ​​had been hailed as the 19th century’s greatest and most influential writings, “The Origin of Species”, Charles Robert Darwin’s masterpiece, quoted it many times. There’re only 119 in existence. December 7, 2010, at an auction in London, this book was fetched a high price of nearly £ 7,321,300 and became the world’s most expensive book.

In 2010, John James Audubon – The Birds of America – $ 10.3M
In 1985, the French painter Pierre Joseph Redouté – “Les Liliacees” – $ 5M
In 1987, Bible in Latin – $ 4,900,000
In 1988, Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales -700 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 2001, William Shakespeare’s First Folio (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies) -560 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1987, Biblia pauperum -220 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 2006, Claudius Ptolemaeus – Geographia-Cosmographia -350 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1991, the “Declaration of Independence” – $ 2,200,000
In 1999, William Blake – The First Book of Urizen -230 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1989, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – Don Quixote -150 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 2005, Doria Atlas -240 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1998, John Gould – Complete Folio of Birds -180 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1990, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison – The Federalist Paper -130 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1998, Andreas Vesalius – De Humani Corporis Fabrica -150 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 2008, Nicolaus Copernicus – De revolutionibus orbium coelestium -190 ten thousand U.S. dollars
In 1998, Lewis Caroll – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland -140 ten thousand U.S. dollars