Armenian book printing
Armenia Celebrates 500 Years of Printing
Jan/06/12 Archived in:Culture
2012 marks a half millennium after the printing of the first Armenian book in Venice. From there, books in the Armenian language were published in Madras, Lvov, Rome, Milan, Paris, Nor Julfa, Amsterdam, and then in major cities in Russia and Armenia. To commemorate the event, Yerevan has been named World Book Capital, and exhibits will be take place there as well as in leading cities in Europe and the United States, presenting illustrated manuscripts and other antique volumes.
http://www.yerevan2012.org/500th-anniversary-of-armenian-printing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Capital