The World's 10 Most Expensive Books

The World's 10 Most Expensive Books

1. Codex Leicester Leonardo da Vinci ($49.4 mil 1, 1994)

2. The Gospels of Henry the Lion Order of St. Benedict ($28 mil, 1983)

3. Magna Carta ($24.5 mil, 2007)

4. St. Cuthbert Gospel ($15.1 mil, 2011)

5. Bay Psalm Book ($14.5 mil, 2013)

6. The Rothschild Prayerbook($13.9 mil, 2014)

7. Birds of America John James Audubon ($12.6 mil, 2010)

8. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer ($11.1 mil, 1998)

9. Copy of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and other key acts of the first Congress in 1789 George Washington ($10.2 mil, 2012)

10. Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (1623), The First Folio William Shakespeare ($8.2 mil, 2001)