History of books

practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material

thumb|Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.]]

First edition copy of 1623 collection of William Shakespeare's plays held by State Library of New South Wales

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aspect of history

early printed book in which each page is printed from a single block

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bound collections of autographs, writings, paintings, and drawings collected by the owner from their friends and acquaintances

Manuscripts for information storage and dissemination

continental style of Frankish manuscript illumination

Akhlak E Hindi () is the first Urdu book printed in printing-press in 1803. The book was written by Mir Bahadur Ali Hussaini and deals with ethics.