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Item Details

Description

Heading: (China)
Author: Carter, Thomas Francis
Title: The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1925
Description:

[2], xviii, [2], 282 pp. Plates from various sources; large folding table. 23.5x17.5 cm (9¼x7"), cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Important study in the history of printing, beginning with the invention of paper and concluding with the invention of movable type, which predated Gutenberg by nearly 500 years.

Condition

Some general wear; slight cracking to inner hinges; very good.

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Invention of printing in China

Name: Invention of printing in China
SKU: 55251850
Price: 300 USD
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