Price data for Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1831-2015

This spreadsheet gathers all the evidence we have to date on the pricing of the Proceedings of the Royal Society (1831-1905) and its successor series A and B (1905-2015) Any attempt to analyse price trends over a long period of time must note that: Britain used the imperial system of currency (£ s d) until 1970, and then went decimal. The amount of printed material that the Royal Society issued 'per year' or 'per volume' varied considerably, and this is often the cause of the price variation (rather than, for instance, increases in the price of paper or printing).

The Royal Society did not set its prices 'per year' until 1986. Prices before 1986 may be 'per issue' or 'per volume' (and there may be multiple volumes per year, or fractional volumes per year). The first tab in this workbook collates information on the prices of the 'volumes' of the Proceedings 1831-1905.