Korean Printing
Title | Korean Printing PDF eBook |
Author | Pyŏng-sŏn Pak |
Publisher | 지문당 |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Printing |
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Engraving Virtue: The Printing History of a Premodern Korean Moral Primer
Title | Engraving Virtue: The Printing History of a Premodern Korean Moral Primer PDF eBook |
Author | Young Kyun Oh |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 309 |
Release | 2013-05-24 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004251960 |
In Engraving Virtue, Young Kyun Oh investigates the publishing history of the Samgang Haengsil-to (Illustrated Guide to the Three Relations), a moral primer of Chosŏn (1392–1910), and traces the ways in which woodblock printed books contributed to shaping premodern Korea. Originally conceived by the court as a book with which to instill in its society Confucian ethics encased in the stories of moral heroes and heroines as filial sons, loyal subjects, and devoted wives, the Samgang Haengsil-to embodies various aspects of Chosŏn society. With careful examinations of its various editions and historical documents, Oh presents how the life of this book reflected the complicated factors of the Chosŏn society and how it became more than just a reading material.
The Chinese Invent Printing
Title | The Chinese Invent Printing PDF eBook |
Author | James Cunningham |
Publisher | 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc' |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2021-07-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1499469233 |
Printing changed the world! Because of this innovation, people could more easily share knowledge and preserve it for future generations. More people learned to read, and ideas and learning spread—as did the notions of literature and art. And it all started in ancient China! Readers will learn how the first types of printing began, as well as how the inventions spread and how they affected the ideas of history, literature, art, religion, and politics not only in China but around the world. Detailed descriptions of early means of printing and color photos bring the history of this important innovation to life.
History of Printing in China
Title | History of Printing in China PDF eBook |
Author | Zhi Dao |
Publisher | DeepLogic |
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The book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in History of Printing in China, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.
Science and Civilisation in China, Part 1, Paper and Printing
Title | Science and Civilisation in China, Part 1, Paper and Printing PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Needham |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 520 |
Release | 1985-07-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521086905 |
Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators. Professor Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of every aspect of paper and printing in China to be published in the West. From a close study of the vast mass of source material, Professor Tsien brings order and illumination to an area of technology which has been of profound importance in the spread of civilisation. The main body of the book is a detailed study of the invention, technology and aesthetic development of printing in China. From the growth and ultimate refinements of early woodcut printing to the spread of printing from movable type and the development of book-binding, Professor Tsien carries the story forward to the beginning of the nineteenth century when 'more printed pages existed in Chinese than in all other languages put together'.
Korean printing
Title | Korean printing PDF eBook |
Author | Kungliga Biblioteket (Sweden) |
Publisher | Stockholm : Kungliga Biblioteket |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Early printed books |
ISBN |
The Book Before Printing
Title | The Book Before Printing PDF eBook |
Author | David Diringer |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 625 |
Release | 2013-01-17 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0486142493 |
"A remarkable work. . . . For sheer weight of information there is no equal to it." — The Spectator. It is probable that the earliest "books" were written on wood or leaves as early as the fourth millennium B.C. These fragile materials, unfortunately, have not come down to us. In their absence, the earliest surviving books are the clay tablets of Mesopotamia, the oldest attributed to c. 3500 B.C. On these ancient clay shards, dense rows of cuneiform script record the seminal writings of mankind: the Gilgamesh epic, Sumerian literary catalogues, Babylonian astrology, Assyrian accounts of the Creation and the Flood, and the Lipit-Ishtar Law-Code (c. 2000 B.C.), predating Hammurabi and the oldest law code in human history. Probably as ancient as the Mesopotamian writings, or nearly so, are Egyptian hieroglyphics. In a sense, it is the papyrus scrolls of the Egyptians — preserved by that country's hot, dry climate — that represent the true ancestors of the modern book. As the centuries passed, papyrus slowly gave way to parchment (the prepared skins of animals) as writing material. Indeed, the handwritten parchment or vellum codex is "the book" par excellence of the Middle Ages. Western European book production is only part of the story, and the author is at pains to illuminate the bibliographic contributions of numerous peoples and cultures: Greek and Roman book production, books made in central and southern Asia, the books of Africa, pre-Columbian America, and the Far East — material that is often not mentioned in Western histories of the book. Based on years of painstaking research and incorporating a wealth of new material and conclusions, the text is enhanced throughout by abundant illustrations — nearly 200 photographic facsimiles of priceless manuscripts in museums and libraries around the world.