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Printing for profit : the commercial publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (11th-17th centuries) / Lucille Chia.

By: Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 56.Publication details: Cambridge, MA : Published by Harvard University Asia Center for Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002.Description: xxi, 442 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 067400955X (alk. paper)
  • 9780674009554 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/76862/0951245 21
LOC classification:
  • Z244.6.C6 C438 2002
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- Purpose and Scope of Study -- Jianyang and the History of Chinese Publishing -- A Note on the Main Sources -- The Geography of Minbei -- The Physical Appearance of Jianyang Woodblock Imprints -- Materials Used in Book Production -- Woodblock Carving -- The Design of the Jianyang Block-Printed Book -- Part II: The Development of the Jianyang Book Trade, Song-Yuan -- Historical Background -- Jianyang Publishers -- The Liu, Yu, and Xiong Families of Publishers -- Jianyang Imprints of the Song and Yuan -- Visual Appearances of Jianyang Imprints of the Song and Yuan 100 -- Mashaben -- Jianyang Imprints: A Survey -- Summary and Some Contrarian Conclusions -- Part III: The Jianyang Book Trade During the Ming -- Historical Background -- Commercial and Government -- Publishers of Jianyang -- Charting the Jianyang Book Trade -- During the Ming -- Jianyang Imprints of the Ming -- The Visual Appearance of Ming Jianyang Imprints -- A Selective Survey of Jianyang Imprints of the Ming -- The QingAftermath -- Recapitulation -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: Selected List of Song and Yuan Jianyang Imprints -- Lists of Jianyang Publishers -- Compiling the Bibliography of Jianyang Imprints.
Summary: Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents and annotated catalogues and bibliographies, this is not just a history of commercial printing but also a wide-ranging study of the culture of the book in traditional China.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-417) and index.

Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents and annotated catalogues and bibliographies, this is not just a history of commercial printing but also a wide-ranging study of the culture of the book in traditional China.

Part I: Introduction -- Purpose and Scope of Study -- Jianyang and the History of Chinese Publishing -- A Note on the Main Sources -- The Geography of Minbei -- The Physical Appearance of Jianyang Woodblock Imprints -- Materials Used in Book Production -- Woodblock Carving -- The Design of the Jianyang Block-Printed Book -- Part II: The Development of the Jianyang Book Trade, Song-Yuan -- Historical Background -- Jianyang Publishers -- The Liu, Yu, and Xiong Families of Publishers -- Jianyang Imprints of the Song and Yuan -- Visual Appearances of Jianyang Imprints of the Song and Yuan 100 -- Mashaben -- Jianyang Imprints: A Survey -- Summary and Some Contrarian Conclusions -- Part III: The Jianyang Book Trade During the Ming -- Historical Background -- Commercial and Government -- Publishers of Jianyang -- Charting the Jianyang Book Trade -- During the Ming -- Jianyang Imprints of the Ming -- The Visual Appearance of Ming Jianyang Imprints -- A Selective Survey of Jianyang Imprints of the Ming -- The QingAftermath -- Recapitulation -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: Selected List of Song and Yuan Jianyang Imprints -- Lists of Jianyang Publishers -- Compiling the Bibliography of Jianyang Imprints.

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