Light Of Printing: Brightness Comes From The Orient
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: **Chinese text only.**
This illustrated history and cultural heritage title argues that China was the true birthplace of printing technology, presenting the invention and development of woodblock printing and movable type by Chinese artisans such as Bi Sheng centuries before Gutenberg's European press, drawing on artefacts and collections held in Chinese museums to demonstrate printing's profound role as one of China's Four Great Inventions and its transformative influence on the spread of knowledge across Asia and the world.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Published: 2000, 浙江人民美术出版社 (Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House)
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: **Chinese text only.**
This illustrated history and cultural heritage title argues that China was the true birthplace of printing technology, presenting the invention and development of woodblock printing and movable type by Chinese artisans such as Bi Sheng centuries before Gutenberg's European press, drawing on artefacts and collections held in Chinese museums to demonstrate printing's profound role as one of China's Four Great Inventions and its transformative influence on the spread of knowledge across Asia and the world.