1958 Story of the Chinese Book

Liu Kuo-chun. Story of the Chinese Book. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1958.

8vo. 87 pp. Original publisher's printed pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout with 11 full-page plates (including the frontispiece) and 9 text figures depicting oracle bone inscriptions, bamboo and wooden manuscripts, early sutras, the Diamond Sutra, Ming woodblock printing, movable copper type, and traditional Chinese binding styles. Includes a chronological table of the development of the Chinese book and a table of Chinese dynasties. Text in English.