Table of Contents: “…In the beginning: Cave paintings: El Castillo Cave -- Earliest evidence of mathematical knowledge: Ishango Bone -- Cuneiform tablets: Epric of Gilgamesh -- An Andean mystery: Caral Khipu -- Egyptian books on papyrus: Book of the Dead of Ani -- Eastern approaches: Chinese developments in bookmaking: Guodian Chu Slips -- Mass production in Japan: Shōtoku's Dharani -- Monumental Korean undertaking: Tripitaka Koreana -- Indian palm-leaf manuscript: Nalanda Perfection of Wisdon Sutra -- The biggest books ever written: Yongle Dadian -- Bone, bamboo and bark: Batak Pustakha -- Burmese folding format: Parabaik -- The great classics: Origins of a children's classic: Aesop's Fables -- A timeless epic: Homer's Iliad -- An early masterpiece of Ethiopian art: Garima Gospels -- The first cookbooks: Apicius -- A mathematical miracle: Archimedes Palimpsest -- Medieval worlds & the book: Ireland's greatest treasure: Book of Kells -- Schism and discord: Chludov Psalter -- The foundation of pharmacology: Dioscorides' De Materia Medica -- A masterpiece of Armenian illumination: T'oros Roslin Gospels -- The father of mapping: Ptolemy's Geographica -- A sailor's guide to Byzantium: Cristoforo's Liber Insularum Archipelagi -- Illumination by the master of theprayer book: Bruges Roman de la Rose -- A giant among giants: Farnese Hours -- Light from the East: The oldest printed book of all: Dunhuang Diamond Sutra -- A literary and artistic masterpiece: Murasaki's The Tale of Genji -- The "Indian Aesop": Panchatantra -- The standard Islamic Book of Astronomy: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars -- A forgotten precursor of Leonardo da Vinci: Al-Jazari's Compendium on the Mechanical Arts -- An early Islamic book produced in Java: Boke van Bonang -- Wheels of change: Gutenberg's revolution: Gutenberg's 42-line Bible -- A blockbuster among early printed books: Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle -- A book from the first English printer: Caxton's Chesse Moralysed -- The first joke book: Wynkyn's Demaundes Joyous -- The earliest scientific tests: Euclid's Elementa Geometriae -- A model for future book design: Aldine Virgil -- Printing in Arabic: Gregorio's Book of Hours -- The first printing in Africa: Sefer Abudarham -- Heavenly voices: St. …”

Table of Contents: “…The oldest printed book of all : Dunhuang Diamond Sutra ; A literary and artistic masterpiece : Murasaki's the Tale of Genji ; The "Indian Aesop" : Panchatantra ; The standard Isalmic book of astronomy : Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars ; A forgotten precursor of Leonardo da Vinci : Al-Jazari's Compendium on the mechanical arts ; The first anatomical "atlas" : Mansur's Anatomy ; An early Islamic book produced in Java : Boke van Bonang -- Wheels of change. …”