Entrée principale:

Twitchett, Denis Crispin, 1925-2006, author.

Titre et auteur:

Printing and publishing in medieval China / Denis Twitchett.

Publication:

London : The Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1983.
©1983

Description:

94 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Based on a talk given to the Wynkyn de Worde Society at Stationers' Hall London on 28 September 1977"--Title page verso.
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.
Includes facsimiles in Chinese.

ISBN:

0853314403 (paperback)
9780853314400 (paperback)

Sujet:

Printing China History.
Printing China History Origin and antecedents.
Publishers and publishing China History.
Imprimerie Chine Histoire.
Imprimerie Chine Histoire Origines et antécédents.
Printing
Publishers and publishing
Buchdruck
Buchhandel
Boekdrukkunst.
China
China Printing & publishing, to 1800

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

Wynkyn de Worde Society, publisher.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room 134770
Cote: PO12248 Z186.C5 REF; ID:86-B8388
Statut: Disponible