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| c. 175 |
| | | The Han emperor in China has the six main Confucian classics engraved in stone, so that scholars may take rubbings - a first step towards printing | |
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| 768 |
| | | The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm | |
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| 868 |
| | | The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents | |
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| 868 |
| | | The Diamand Sutra has as a frontispiece a printed woodcut depicting an enthroned Buddha | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical | |
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| c. 1380 |
| | | Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze | |
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| c. 1425 |
| | | Packs of tarot playing cards are among the most popular products of Europe's first printing presses | |
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| c. 1455 |
| | | Master ES becomes the first artist to produce engravings | |
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| 1456 |
| | | A copy of Europe's first book printed from movable type, the Gutenberg Bible, is completed in Mainz | |
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| c. 1461 |
| | | Albrecht Pfister publishes the first book with printed illustrations - Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ('The farmer of Bohemia') | |
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