If he is right, this Jewish prayer book will be the Western world’s first printed book (that we know of). For now, the book is residing in the home safe of the American Jew who bought it.

In 1455, Gutenberg printed his first book, a Latin Bible. In 1475 Englishman William Caxton produced the first book printed in English, The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye.

The Sacred Harp, a book of religious tunes first printed in 1844 is getting an upgrade. And shape note singers who use it are very excited.

Researchers have stumbled upon a mysterious musical score hidden within Scotland’s first printed book. The fragment, containing just 55 notes scrawled on a blank page, ...