Gutenberg Bible |
Probably the most famous of all the cradle books are the Gutenberg Bibles. Gutenberg is often called the inventor of printing with movable type. For a long time people thought the Gutenberg Bible was printed by Gutenberg. But very likely a printer named Schoeffer printed it. How surprised Schoeffer would have been if he had known that copies of this book would someday be worth their weight in gold.
The first book ever printed in English came from the press of the English printer William Caxton in 1474. The book was about the ancient city of Troy.