List of editiones principes in languages other than Latin or Greek

In classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which could be circulated only after being copied by hand. The following is a list of literature works in languages other than Latin or Greek.

Before 1400

DateAuthor, WorkLanguagesPrinterLocationComment704-751Diversity in Intellectual Property p. 263Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sūtra Chinese translationBulguksaThe Great Dharani Sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed text in the world.868Diamond Sutra Chinese translationWang JieThis is the oldest printed text with a specific date.953Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 p. 801Four Books and Five Classics ChineseFeng Dao983The Foundations of Buddhism p. 258Chinese Buddhist canon ChineseThis edition contained either 1,076, 1,081 or 1,087 texts according to different sources.Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia p. 163 A list of these texts can be found here: . Only 14 fascicles from this edition currently survive.1003Records of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language p. xvRecords of the Three Kingdoms Chinese1035Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 2) p. 898Records of the Grand Historian Chinese1050 The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han ChinaHuainanzi ChineseThe only original copy of this edition was lost in 1945, although facsimile copies exist. The earliest extant edition is the Daozang redaction of 1445.1111-1118Chinese Publishing p. 69Daozang ChineseThe earliest extant edition was printed in 1445.1180A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways p. 19Classic of Mountains and Seas ChineseYou Mao1341 Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.3 & 4)Ballad of Mulan ChinesePrinted as part of the Music Bureau Collection (Yuefu shiji). An earlier Southern Song edition may exist but doesn't have a date.

15th century

DateAuthor, WorkLanguagesPrinterLocationComment1472Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy ItalianJohann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da TreviChristopher Kleinhenz, Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Routledge, 2004, , p. 360.Foligno1476Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales Middle EnglishWilliam CaxtonWestminster1477The Travels of Marco Polo German translationFriedrich CreussnerNuremberg1480Brut Chronicle EnglishWilliam CaxtonWestminster1480Robert de Boron, Prose Merlin Italian translationMichele TramezzinoVenice1485Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur Middle EnglishWilliam CaxtonWestminster1488Prose Lancelot FrenchJean Le Bourgeois, Jean du PréRouen, Paris1489Prose Tristan FrenchJean Le Bourgeois, Anthoine VérardRouen1495Joseph and Aseneth FrenchJohn de Vigny1498Vulgate Merlin FrenchAntoine VerardParis

16th century

DateAuthor, WorkLanguagesPrinterLocationCommentc. 1510A Gest of Robyn Hode Middle EnglishJan van DoesbrochAntwerp1512Genesis Rabbah HebrewConstantinople1512Il-yeon, Samguk yusa KoreanEarliest extant edition.1512Kim Pusik, Samguk sagi KoreanEarliest extant edition.1514Alphabet of Sirach HebrewSalonica1520-3Talmud Hebrew, AramaicDaniel BombergVenice1522Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms Chinese1524–25Bible HebrewDaniel BombergVeniceEdition included masoretic notes, Aramaic targums and Rashi's commentary, see Mikraot Gedolot.1537-38Quran ArabicPaganino PaganiniVeniceThe first-ever printed Quran in Arabic.1558-1560Zohar AramaicMantua1562Sefer Yetzirah HebrewMantuaIncludes four commentaries.1599Nihon Shoki JapaneseContains only the first two books. The whole Nihon Shoki was published in 1610.

17th century

DateAuthor, WorkLanguagesPrinterLocationComment1636Krákumál Old Norse and Latin translationOle WormAmsterdam1643Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Old English and Latin translationAbraham Whelock1644Kojiki JapaneseKyoto1663Robin Hood's Progress to NottinghamEnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood Newly Revived EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Bishop EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Butcher EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Beggar EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and Queen Katherine EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Tanner EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663The Noble Fisherman EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood and the Shepherd EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood's Golden Prize EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood's Chase EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Little John A Begging EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1663Robin Hood's Delight EnglishW. GilbertsonLondon1665Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda Icelandic, Danish and Latin translationsP. J. ReseniusCopenhagen1665Völuspá Icelandic, Danish and Latin translationsP. J. ReseniusCopenhagen1665Hávamál Icelandic, Danish and Latin translationsP. J. ReseniusCopenhagen1697Arabic Infancy Gospel Arabic and Latin translationHeinrich SikeUtrecht1697Heimskringla Icelandic, Swedish and Latin translationsJohan PeringskiöldStockholm

18th century

DateAuthor, WorkLanguagesPrinterLocationComment1704-1717One Thousand and One Nights French translationAntoine GallandParis1728Benvenuto Cellini, Vita di Benvenuto Cellini ItalianAntonio CocchiNaples1730Questions of Ezra ArmenianConstantinople1732Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, The Life of Saladin Arabic and Latin translationAlbert SchultensLeiden1737Völsunga sagaIcelandic, Swedish and Latin translationEric Julius BiörnerStockholm1737Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok Icelandic, Swedish and Latin translationEric Julius BiörnerStockholm1761Kālidāsa Shakuntala SanskritCalcutta1765The Boy and the Mantle Middle EnglishThomas PercyLondon1773Tale of Ragnar's Sons Old Norse and Latin translationJacob Langebek1780Orkneyinga saga Old Norse and Latin translationJonas JonaeusCopenhagen1782Egil's SagaHrappsey1785Bhagavad Gita English translationCharles WilkinsLondon1787Vafþrúðnismál Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Grímnismál Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Skírnismál Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Hárbarðsljóð Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Hymiskviða Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Lokasenna Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Þrymskviða Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Hrafnagaldr Óðins Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Baldrs draumar Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Alvíssmál Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Fjölsvinnsmál Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Hyndluljóð Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1787Sólarljóð Icelandic and Latin translationArnamagnæan InstituteCopenhagen1788Bhagavata Purana French translationMariedas PoulleeParis1795Robin Hood and the Potter Middle EnglishJoseph RitsonLondon

19th century