What Was the First Printed Book?
There are a number of contenders for the honor of bearing the title of first printed book in the world. The answer to this question is actually quite tricky, because it depends on what one means by printing, and historical evidence strongly suggests that the identity of the first book in print will probably never be known, because it’s unlikely that it survived to the present day. There is also a great deal of cultural bias in the answer to this question, as authorities commonly cite Western texts such as the Gutenberg Bible, when in fact the title most likely belongs to a book in Asia. The question of which book in Asia is still up for grabs.
