What Makes a Book "Rare" and "Valuable"

In this video I compress 4 years of education on #Rarebooks in one single video using examples I’ve come across over the years. What makes a book rare or valuable? Please note I’m talking to you as a friend and out of memory mostly. Some corrections: The Gutenberg Bible for instance may not be THE MOST expensive but "among" the most expensive. Also, the Strawberry Hill Press was around late 1700s and into the Victorian period but Morris is THE Victorian guy.

Time Stamps:
Manuscripts 2:00
Incunables 3:33
Cultural Importance 4:28
Scarcity 5:17
Condition 8:40
Subject 9:19
Provenance 10:33
Annotations 11:36
Interest 13:04
Contemporary 15:44
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Things Mentioned:
Manuscripts
The P*nis Tree: https://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae...
The Cat Paw manuscript: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
Gutenberg Bibles (and fun facts) https://www.history.com/news/7-things...
Shakespeare Folios: https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare/fi...
The Folger Library (Shakespeare) https://www.folger.edu/
Lewis Carroll and Alice: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
Morgan Library: https://www.themorgan.org/
John Baskerville: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
Strawberry Hill Press: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawbe...
Kelmscott press and William Morris: https://www.clevelandart.org/research...
List of Websites for Rare Book platforms: https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/coll...
ABAA: https://www.abaa.org/book/advanced-se...
Abe: https://www.abebooks.com/Canada/index...
The Booksellers (Documentary) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9355194/



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