Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Oxford University Press
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Description area
Dates of existence
1586-
History
Oxford University Press is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. The first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press