[SIGCIS-Members] Query: price of information prior to 20th c?

Does anyone know of a credible estimate of the price of information over the last several centuries? For example, cost per book, cost per page, cost per Bible since Gutenberg? Even better would be an estimate that went further back to the manuscript era. thanks - Paul ___________________________ Paul N. Edwards Professeur invité, Sciences Po, Paris, 2012-13) Professor of Information and History, University of Michigan A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming (MIT Press, 2010) Terse replies are deliberate (and better than nothing) Mailing address (2012-13): 82 rue Mouffetard 75005 Paris, France (206) 337-1523 (fax) pne.people.si.umich.edu