Mega News's video: 5 Most Expensive Books In The World

5 Most Expensive Books In The World Do you like reading book? Or are you just a bookworm who spend your time reading books? On today’s video we have list some most expensive books in the world The Codex of Leicester The Codex of Leicester is a book by Leonardo da Vinci which contains thoughts, theories and observations about the world. This book focuses on tides, eddies and dams and the relationship between the moon, earth and sun. This book was successfully sold to Bill Gates in 1994 for 30.8 million dollars. If we calculated the price of this book along with the inflation rate, the price of this book today is estimated to be around 52.8 million dollars. The Book of Mormons The Book of Mormon was printed by E.B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York. This manuscript is a copy of Joseph Smith who was the founder of Mormonism in 1830. The price of this book is estimated to be around 35 million dollars and if we include the inflation rate, the price of this book will be around 36, 3 million dollars. The Gospels of Henry the Lion The Gospels of Henry the Lion was one of the great works of the Roman Illumination in Northern Germany. The creation of this book was commissioned to Duke Henry in between 1175 and 1188. It was created by monks at the Helmarshausen Benedictine monastery. Published in the 12th century, this book cost 11.7 million dollars in 1983. If we also calculated the inflation rate, this book is now worth around 29.86 million dollars. This old book is only shown 6 weeks per year in the Herzog August library in Wolfenbüttel. The Magna Carta The Magna Carta is also known as the Great Charter which is a collection of 1215 documents. This book is an important history because it contains the principle of people to obey the law. The book also record the history when the king guarantee the individual rights, justice and fair trial rights. This book was sold for 21.3 million dollars in 2007 and if we calculated with inflation rate, the current price of this book is estimated to be around 26.1 million dollars. The St. Cuthbert Gospel The St. The Cuthbert Gospel is a gospel which is a small copy of the Gospel of St. John. This gospel was buried by its owner and author, St. Cuthbert in 687. In 1104, Cuthbert's body was removed and the gospel was privately owned. However, since the 17th century this book has been given to the Jesuit community in Belgium. The price of this gospel was $ 14.16 million in 2012 and if we calculate the inflation rate this gospel is estimated to worth around $ 15.46 million. More about me, please subscribe this channel and our official social media. Hopefully enjoy our channel mega news! Please Like & Subscribe Mega News https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0P4_2nrwEMw2A1TCsfQYdg Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/Mega-News-1728374423845386/ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/meganews77 Tumblr ► https://meganews77.tumblr.com/ Pinterest ► https://pinterest.com/meganews77/ Reddit ► https://www.reddit.com/user/MegaNews77/ Linkedin ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/mega-news-858b93137 LiveJournal ► http://meganews77.livejournal.com/ === Disclaimer: Pictures, or videos on this channel sometimes come from various other media sources. Copyright is fully held by the source. If there are problems related to this, you can contact us here: Email: MegaNewsYT@gmail.com COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act? 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." ===