1564: the first dated Russian book, Apostol, printed by Ivan Fyodorov 1571: the first book in Irish to be printed in Ireland was a Protestant catechism (Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma), containing a guide to spelling and sounds in Irish.[18] 1577: Lekah Tov, a commentary on the Book of Esther, was the first book printed in the land of Israel 1581: Ostrog Bible, first complete printed edition of the Bible in Old Church Slavonic 1584: first book printed in South America - Lima, Peru 1593: Doctrina Christiana was the first book printed in the Philippines 1629: Nikoloz Cholokashvili helped to publish a Georgian dictionary, the first printed book in Georgian 1640: The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in British North America 1651: Abagar - Filip Stanislavov, first printed book in modern Bulgarian 1678-1703: Hortus Malabaricus included the first instance of Malayalam types being used for printing 1798: The first printed book in Ossetic 1802: New South Wales General Standing Orders was the first book printed in Australia, comprising Government and General Orders issued between 1791 and 1802 Aurora Australis, the first book published in Antarctica.