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Illustration of a printing press and a composing stick from the first edition (1768–71) of the Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, plate CXLVII, figure 1.

An image of The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Papyrus of Ani) Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation book cover zoomed in.

Page pulled from "The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Papyrus of Ani) Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation." It shows how to say the Book of the Dead in hieroglyphics.

This papyrus, one of many ancient Egyptian medical writings, included a prescription for asthma. This was written in hieratic text, c. 1550 BCE.

Papyrus picture from the Book of the Dead, 18th dynasty; in the Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy.

Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself. Title page printed on the Gutenberg press.