First printed book in English sold for over £1m

A 540-year-old book, known as the first to be printed in the English language, has sold at auction for more than  £1m. The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye is a version of a French book written around 1463.

It was translated over a three-year period by William Caxton, who pioneered the printing press in England.

He published his version around 1474, at a time when when most books were printed in Latin, in either Ghent or Bruges, Belgium.

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