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 the first Muslim Printing Press of Dhaka, situated at Fazle Ali Bazar near Begum Bazar. Munshi Mohammad Jan was its owner. In 1878–79, 'Sayedi Jantra was set up in the same place with Abul Baset as its owner. 'Azizia Press' (আজিজিয়া প্রেস) was perhaps established in 1882 in Mogoltuli. The owner of the press was the puthi-writer Munshi Mohammad Foyezuddin. To print Musalmani puthi, a special kind of type was necessary. Before the establishment of printing press, they had to use the press of the Hindus. Thus there were usually some spelling mistakes. Many puthi writers used their own styles