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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 14
T2  - Journal of Early Modern Studies
SP  - 105-17
ID  - bbbo955
T1  - "How Much Does a First Folio Cost and How Much is That?"
AU  - Smith, Emma
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2026
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/JEMS-2279-7149-16521
LA  - English
AB  - Considers how to calculate historical costs and monetary equivalencies for book prices. Contends that thinking about early value of first folio needs to move beyond "supply-side explanation[s]." Traces provenance of copies of the first folio to "booklover[s]" who also owned slaves, showing overlap between "bibliophile Roxburgh club and anti-abolitionist interests."
ER  -