Oxford A to Z

E is for…
EUCLID
Euclid’s Elements of geometry, a standard
mathematical textbook for over 2,000 years.
Greek text and diagrams from one of its
oldest surviving manuscripts AD 888

F is for…
FIRST FOLIO
SHAKESPEARE
The first collected edition of
William Shakespeare’s plays,
published in 1623, seven years
after his death

G is for…
GUTENBERG BIBLE
The Latin Bible produced by Johannes
Gutenberg and Johann Furst, c. 1455. The
first book printed with moveable type

H is for…
HOOKE
View of a flea from Robert Hooke’s
Micrographia, 1665. The first work in English
to publish observations made under the
microscope.