Old Books

I have put a new album up on my Facebook page for old books.  These are books that we found in my mother in laws house.  She has a lot of nursing books, medical books, investments books you name it.  This is a field that I find very interesting! Finding old books has been a passion of mind.  I will be putting them up on the Facebook page as time goes by;  I have found a few interesting facts about old books:

1. Clay Tablets
2. Papyrus
3. Wax Tablets
4. Parchment
5. Printing Press
   • 1377: Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, Selected Teachings of Buddhist Sages and Seon Masters, the earliest known book printed with movable metal type.
   • 1455: The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed in Europe with movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg.
   • 1461: Der Ackermann aus Böhmen printed by Albrecht Pfister, the first printed book in German, and also the first book illustrated with woodcuts.
   • 1470: Il Canzoniere by Francesco Petrarca, the first book printed in the Italian language.
   • 1472: Sinodal de Aguilafuente was the first book printed in Spain (at Segovia) and in Spanish language.
   • 1474: Obres e trobes en llaor de la Verge Santa Maria was the first book printed in Catalan language, at Valencia.
   • c. 1475: Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye was the first book printed in the English language.
   • 1476: La légende dorée printed by Guillaume LeRoy, the first book printed in the French language.
   • 1476: Grammatica Graeca, sive compendium octo orationis partium, probably the first book entirely in Greek by Constantine Lascaris.
   • 1477: The first printed edition of the Geographia, probably in 1477 in Bologna, was also the first printed book with engraved illustrations.
   • 1477: The Delft Bible, the first book printed in the Dutch language.
   • 1483: Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora, the first book printed in the Croatian language and in Glagolitic alphabet.
   • 1485: De Re Aedificatoria, the first printed book on architecture
   • 1487: “Pentateuco”, the first book printed in Portugal, in Hebraic language, by the Jew Samuel Gacon in Vila-a-Dentro, Faro.
   • 1494: Oktoih was the first printed Slavic Cyrillic book.
   • 1495: The first printed book in the Danish language.
   • 1495: The first printed book in the Swedish language.
   • 1497: “Constituições que fez o Senhor Dom Diogo de Sousa, Bispo do Porto”, first book printed in the Portuguese language, by the first Portuguese printer, Rodrigo Álvares, in Porto, on January the 4th.
   • 1499: Catholicon, Breton-French-Latin dictionary, first printed trilingual dictionary, first Breton book, first French dictionary
   • 1501: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, printed by Ottaviano Petrucci, is the first book of sheet music printed from movable type.
   • 1501: “Aldus Manutius” printed the first portable Octavos, also inventing and using italic type.
   • 1508: Chepman and Myllar printed the first books in Scotland.
   • 1511: Hieromonk Makarije printed the first books in Wallachia (in Slavonic)
   • 1512: Hakob Meghapart printed the first book in Armenian – Urbatagirk.^[6]
   • 1513: Hortulus Animae, polonice believed to be the first book printed in the Polish language.
   • 1516: A reprint of the Lisbon edition of the Sefer Aburdraham is printed in Morocco, the first book printed in Africa.^[17]
   • 1517: Psalter, first book printed in the Old Belarusian language by Francysk Skaryna on 6 August 1517
   • 1539: La escala espiritual de San Juan Clímaco, first book printed in North America – Mexico
   • 1541: Bovo-Bukh was the first non-religious book to be printed in Yiddish
   • 1544: Rucouskiria by Mikael Agricola, the first book printed in the Finnish language.
   • 1545: Linguae Vasconum Primitiae was the first book printed in Basque
   • 1547: Martynas Mažvydas compiled and published the first printed Lithuanian book The Simple Words of Catechism
   • 1550: Catechismus by Primož Trubar was the first book written in the Slovene language.
   • 1561: The first printed books in the Romanian language, Tetraevanghelul and Întrebare creştinească (also known as Catehismul) are printed by Coresi in Braşov.
   • 1564: the first book in Irish was printed in Edinburgh, a translation of John Knox’s ‘Liturgy’ by John Carswell, Bishop of the Hebrides.
   • 1564: the first dated Russian book, Apostol, printed by Ivan Fyodorov
   • 1571: the first book in Irish to be printed in Ireland was a Protestant catechism (Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma), containing a guide to spelling and sounds in Irish.^[18]
   • 1577: Lekah Tov, a commentary on the Book of Esther, was the first book printed in the land of Israel
   • 1581: Ostrog Bible, first complete printed edition of the Bible in Old Church Slavonic
   • 1584: first book printed in South America – Lima, Peru
   • 1593: Doctrina Christiana was the first book printed in the Philippines
   • 1629: Nikoloz Cholokashvili helped to publish a Georgian dictionary, the first printed book in Georgian
   • 1640: The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in British North America
   • 1651: Abagar – Filip Stanislavov, first printed book in modern Bulgarian
   • 1678-1703: Hortus Malabaricus included the first instance of Malayalam types being used for printing
   • 1798: The first printed book in Ossetic
   • 1802: New South Wales General Standing Orders was the first book printed in Australia, comprising Government and General Orders issued between 1791 and 1802
   • Aurora Australis, the first book published in Antarctica. (Wikipedia)
6. E-Books

I have been learning a lot about the history of books, especially with the invention of the printing press.  I, I did not realize how much the invention of the printing press impacted the history of the books AND the invention of the technology.  So I will be putting  this in with the reviews.