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Landmarks in printing

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The first book printed from movable type in Europe

From China, the oldest dated printed book in the world

Korean printing from metal type, preceding Gutenberg

'The Canterbury Tales': first English bestseller

How the Gospel was brought to the masses

One of the most influential works in the history of medicine

Fabulous book about a fabulous German garden

First authoritative collection of 36 of the Bard's plays

Classic of botanical illustration

Homage to the Middle Ages by William Morris in the 19th century

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