Printing and publishing in medieval China.

Beschreibung

34 illustrations within the text. White card covers with cream paper dust-jacket (a little soiled), titled in red and black. A very good copy with a lengthy presentation inscription from Colin & Caroline Banks. The invention of paper; The origins of Chinese printing; Early publishing and bookselling; The finds at Tun-Huang; Sources of other printing evidence; Large-scale printing in the tenth century; The Confucian canonical writings; Printing under the Sung dynasty; The Buddhist scriptures; The Taoist scriptures; Currency printing; Commercial printing in Fukien; The state and printing; Economics of printing under the Sung; Wood-block printing; Printing from movable type; Printing in Korea; Metal type; The advantages of wood-block printing. Based on a talk given to the Wynkyn de Worde Society, September 1983.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Printing and publishing in medieval China.

Verlag

8vo, 94 pages, 21cm, Designed by Banks and Miles, London, and privately distributed to their friends, Christmas 1983.

Einband

Hardcover

Zustand

Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

Dust Jacket Included

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• Book Trade & Publishing