The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.
Printing room of the Plantin-Moretus museum
Their building is still extant and houses a museum
The International Register of the UNESCO Memory of the World-Programme includes inscriptions from Europe and North America. As of December 2018, the region has 274 inscriptions of the 432 total inscriptions included in the Register.
The Vienna Dioscurides of Austria can be considered as the most important pharmaceutical source of the Ancient World and was used throughout the Middle Age, Renaissance and in later centuries as a dictionary for medical practitioners.
The Bayeux Tapestry from France is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—which explains the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England as well as the events of the invasion itself.
Germany's 42-line Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed in Europe with movable types.