The activities typical of the humanist were the editing and exposition of Latin and Greek texts, and the translation of Greek into Latin, with the aim of recovering and reviving ancient knowledge and ancient eloquence. This chapter deals with humanist books including their copying, printing and importation, and the book-sellers, book-buyers and the publication patterns of humanist books. The first Latin classic to be printed in Britain was a brief student text: Cicero, Pro Milone, which came, about 1483. Classical and humanist texts owned and used in England came in from Italy, Germany, France and the Low Countries. The chapter also talks about the British, Scottish, Italian and French humanists, Erasmus and Christian humanists including John Colet, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Linacre, and the humanist books at the Oxford and Cambridge libraries, and at the Corpus Christi College. The Duke of Gloucester, Humfrey patronized humanist books in Britain. His manuscripts later served as exemplars for copyists in England.