The exhibition of first-printed editions “Initiated by Skaryna” runs at the Book Museum of the National Library of Belarus from September 1 up to November 30.
The exhibition is timed to the birthdays of the famous East-European first printers: the 520th birthday of Frantsisk Skaryna and the 500th birthday of Ivan Fyodorov.
The exhibition offers the unique first printed editions by Frantsisk Skaryna and Ivan Fyodorov. There are books by Frantsisk Skaryna “The Book of Job” (1517), “The Book of Kings” (1518) and “Ecclesiastes” (1518) edited in Prague, and the book by Ivan Fyodorov “Apostle” (1574) edited in Lvov. Ostrozhskaya Bible (1581), one of the best Cyrillic old printed editions of the XVI century, is displayed at the exhibition as well.