Paper and printing in ancient China

by Berthold Laufer

First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed under the directtion of Elmer Adler at his Pynson Printers of New York. One of the few books on the subject of Chinese papermaking and printing. 33, 3 pages. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper cover label.. square 8vo..

33 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

1874-1934

Reviews

[Chris Herdt]

A very short (34 page) book on the history of paper and printing in China. This is a charming volume, adapted from an lecture the author gave in 1930, and apparently only 250 copies were printed. I was fortunate enough to find a copy in the Hennepin County Library.

I just read a chapter on printing in the Far East in Douglas C. McMurtrie's much more comprehensive The Book: The Story of Printing & Bookmaking, but I suspect that McMurtrie borrowed heavily from this volume for that chapter, or that they share a common source.

In a section on Chinese wallpapers:

An interesting book on this subject was written by Kate Sanborn, "Old Time Wall Papers, an account of the pictorial papers on our forefathers' walls" (Greenwich, Conn., 1905).