The book was purchased in 2023, but it was written in the 1580’s, making it what experts believe to be the oldest book about cheese in the English language, if you were wondering. It is titled ...

Oldest known English book on cheese advises against drinking dog milk The pamphlet dating back to the 1580s may have been read by Elizabeth I's physician. Laura Baisas Apr 29, 2025 10:00 AM EDT ...

A 467-year-old book which was the first about astronomy ever to be written in English has fetched a whooping £10,000 at auction. The 'incredibly scarce' first edition of The Castle of Knowledge ...

"Study of this by specialist academics is leaning towards the text being written in the 15th century, a period when English was, for the very first time, being used just occasionally in preference ...

The book, which contains personified images of the sun, death, and other deities—all working in service of the “star” Venus—is a guide to astronomy. For a long time, experts believed it ...

The Crosby-Schoyen Codex - written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first Christian monasteries - has an estimated sale value of $2.6 million to $3.8 million.

It’s not every day that a 1,700-year-old book gets sold. The 104-page Crosby-Schøyen Codex from Egypt just got sold in an auction for $3.9 million (£3.06 million). It was expected to fetch ...

The book titled A pamflyt compiled of Cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodnes, of the same was unpublished and unknown to archivists until it surfaced at auction in 2023.

The book, which contains personified images of the sun, death, and other deities—all working in service of the “star” Venus—is a guide to astronomy. For a long time, experts believed it ...