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Left: William Caxton; Right: Caxton's 1477 edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Image via wikipedia

On This Day In History: William Caxton Printed His First Book – On Nov 18, 1477

AncientPages.com | November 18, 2016

AncientPages.com - On November 18, 1477, English printer William Caxton printed the first book in England. It was his book, "Sayings of the Philosophers" (Dictes or Sayengis). Left:

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On This Day In History: Unua Libro ‘First Book’ Describing Esperanto Published – On July 26, 1887

AncientPages.com | July 26, 2016

AncientPages.com - On July 26, 1887, the Unua Libro (English: First Book) was published, founding the Esperanto movement. The first publication described Esperanto later called the International Language