Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye source for the late Tudor morality play "Horestes" (1567). Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye or Recueil des Histoires de Troye (1464) is a translation by William Caxton of a French courtly romance written by Raoul Lefèvre, chaplain to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. It was the first book printed in the English language. "Recuyell" ("recueil" in Modern French) simply means "collection" in English. Hence, the work in Modern English would read "A Collection of the Histories of Troy". Caxton's translations and sometimes his titles incorporated words from other European languages. Caxton, probably with
History of printing in Poland cracoviense" measures 37 cm by 26.2 cm, and is in the collections of the Jagiellonian University. The first text in Polish language was printed in Breslau (Wrocław) in 1475. The first book printed in Polish was "Historyja umęczenia Pana naszego Jezusa Chrystusa", published in 1508 by Johann Haller's publishing house. For a long time, the first print written in Polish language was believed to be "Hortulus Animae polonice", a Polish version of Hortulus Animae written by Biernat of Lublin, printed and published in 1513 by Florian Ungler in Kraków. The last known copy was lost during World War II. One