When was the first book made?

teash

The first printed book that has survived is the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist text published in China in the year 868. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/landmarks/diamondsutra.html Jun 18 06, 5:49 PM

casperone123

Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from Hispania best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between 86 and 103 AD, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial Jun 18 06, 7:59 PM

zbeckabee

In Ancient Egypt, papyrus (a form of paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant) was already used for writing as from 2400 BC. Papyrus sheets were glued together to form a scroll. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book Jun 18 06, 8:31 PM

lanfranco

Books for entertainment and edification are far older than the invention of mechanical printing in east or west. It may be impossible to identify the very first book ever made, but it was certainly a manuscript (if by "manuscript," one can label a set of clay tablets marked by hand). Codices (singular: codex), similar to our modern books, became popular in the 1st century, especially among Christians, and eventually replaced the old Egyptian, Greek, and Roman scrolls. However, they, too, were handwritten. Here's one very ancient book: http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521801087 Jun 18 06, 8:36 PM

lanfranco

And here's another: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2939362.stm Jun 18 06, 8:39 PM

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