“The oldest books in China were written on bamboo strips or wooden slats. And bamboo and wood were the earliest materials used in China for book making.”
Guojun cover topics from the vast history of book publishing and printing in China: oracle bone inscriptions; bronze and stone inscriptions; and writing on bamboo strips, wooden slats and silk fabrics. Includes various pictures of archaeological discoveries.
Author: Liu Guojun and Zheng Rusi
Title: The Story of Chinese Books
Edition: First Edition
Published: Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1985
Physical description: Softcover; Duodecimo; 125p
Condition: Covers with edge wear, slight foxing and some adhesive residue on back cover; binding tight and square; pages mildly tanned
Comments: Nice copy
