Jonathan Oldbuck did not venture to estimate the sum that would ransom a

copy of the 'Game of Chesse,' and the world of the bibliomania has moved
even since his days, so that prices which seemed fabulous, and were
recounted with a sort of awe-struck wonder, have been surpassed in these
latter days, and the chances of any successor of 'Snuffy Davy' buying a
Caxton for two groschen have been greatly reduced
Jonathan Oldbuck did not venture to estimate the sum that would ransom a
copy of the 'Game of Chesse,' and the world of the bibliomania has moved
even since his days, so that prices which seemed fabulous, and were
recounted with a sort of awe-struck wonder, have been surpassed in these
latter days, and the chances of any successor of 'Snuffy Davy' buying a
Caxton for two groschen have been greatly reduced.