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The World’s Costliest Book

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 6, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 6.

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The World’s Costliest Book

THE pope has received from the Republic of Brazil a book which is probably the costliest book in the world, being made of gold, set with jewels of fabulous worth. It is an offering of gratitude for his having given the first South American cardinal to Brazil. On the cover appear the monograms of Pius X, formed of emeralds and diamonds, and the arms of Brazil, with Latin mottoes. The book contains the papal arms, a bust of Pius X, and a map of Brazil, in which the states are marked by gems of different colors, a huge blue diamond of eight carats standing for Rio de Janeiro.