...that the world's largest book has 730 leaves and 1460 pages; each page is three and a half feet wide, five feet tall and five inches thick?(Pictured)
...that before the invention and adoption of the printing press, almost all books were copied by hand, making books expensive and comparatively rare?
...that in woodblock printing, a relief image of an entire page was carved into blocks of wood, inked, and used to print copies of that page?(Pictured)
...that Oliver Twist is the first novel in the English language to centre throughout on a child protagonist?
...that Celsus Library was built in 135 A.D. and could house around 12,000 scrolls?(Pictured)
...that following the advice of minister Li Si, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the burning of all philosophy books and history books from states other than Qin — beginning in 213 BC?
...that according to the Torah in the fourth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah the prophet Jeremiah dictated the words of the Lord to Baruch, who wrote them in ink upon a roll of a book?
...that the government of Bavaria, in agreement with the federal government of Germany, does not allow any copying or printing of Mein Kampf in Germany?