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12 July, 1493

Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel was first published on 12th July 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books.

The incunabulum is an illustrated biblical paraphrase that follows the story of human history as related in the Bible. It was originally written in Latin.