Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 is a broadside astronomical wall calendar for the year 1474, and Poland's oldest known print. This single-sheet incunable, known also as the Calendarium cracoviense,
Sole surviving copy of the Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474
History of printing
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Printing emerged as early as the 4th millennium BCE in the form of cylinder seals used by the Proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations to certify documents written on clay tablets. Other early forms i
Handprints at the Cueva de las Manos in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, created c. 7300 BCE
Brick stamp of Shar-Kali-Sharri, National Museum of Iraq
The King of Na gold seal, bestowed by Emperor Guangwu of Han to Wana (Yayoi Japan) in 57 CE
A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650–670, Tang dynasty