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The earliest books were written on tablets of wood or pieces of bark. In Greece and Rome, the tablets of wood were covered with wax, and writing was impressed upon them with a small stick called «stylus». These tablets were held together o one side with thin strips of leather or metal rings. After baking, the tablets were kept on shelves, just like books are kept today. Although the clay tablets didn’t look very beautiful, they were long-lasting and some of them survived until the present day. The earliest books of the ancient world were written on papyrus and skins of young animals. Though paper has been known in China since the first century, the secret of papermaking came to Europe much later.
Books were quite common in ancient Rome: we know that there were many booksellers and the first public library was founded there about 39 B.C. Only the rich could buy books or make their slaves copy books from important libraries. By the time of the Middle Ages all books were handwriting and often beautifully decorated. Libraries used to chain books to the shelves so that they couldn’t be removed from the building. But very few people could read them. The invention of printing was really a great event in history.

Questions
1. Were the earliest books written on papers? The earliest books were written on tablets of wood or pieces of bark

2. When was the first public library founded?

first public library was founded there about 39 B.C.

3. The word ancient may be replaced by earliest

The text is about old books