Investing in Rare Books and Manuscripts
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چکیده
The lecture treats the rapidly escalating values of rare books and manuscripts both as financial and as scholarly investments. The text suggests new areas for collecting which may be pursued in today's market with an eye to an increasing intellectual and monetary return.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 54 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981