Main entry:

Twitchett, Denis Crispin.

Title & Author:

Printing and publishing in medieval China / Denis Twitchett.

Publication:

London : Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1983.

Description:

94 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes facsims in Chinese.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94).
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.

ISBN:

0853314403 (pbk.)
9780853314400 (pbk.)

Subject:

Printing China History.
Publishers and publishing China History.
Imprimerie Chine Histoire.
Printing
Publishers and publishing
Buchdruck
Buchhandel
Boekdrukkunst.
China
China Printing & publishing, to 1800

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Wynkyn de Worde Society.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 134770
Call No.: PO12248 Z186.C5 REF; ID:86-B8388
Status: Available