Literature in the other languages of Britain The most important work of literature surviving from the Middle Cornish period is "An Ordinale Kernewek" ("The Cornish Ordinalia"), a 9000-line religious drama composed around the year 1400. Three plays in Cornish known as the Ordinalia have survived from this period. The spread of printing affected the transmission of literature across Britain and Ireland. The first book printed in English, William Caxton's own translation of "Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye", was printed abroad in 1473, to be followed by the establishment of the first printing press in England in 1474. The establishment of a printing press in Scotland under
History of printing and publishing in Dhaka patha -kobi to extinction. The patha-kobitas published from Dhaka were of Kushai Sarkar's "Nanabidho Gaan" ("নানাবিধ গান") that were printed from Samantak Jantra in 1892 and Bipin Chand Gopes "Jhorer Gaan" ("ঝড়ের গান") printed by Jagabandhu Dey from Garib Jantra. History of printing and publishing in Dhaka It can not be said with certainty where the first printing press was set up in Bangladesh. It is conjectured that the first printing press in Bangladesh was in Rangpur during 1847, about away from Dhaka. The first printed piece from this printing press was a weekly newspaper named "Rangapur Barttabaha" ("রঙ্গপুর বার্ত্তাবহ")