Hi!
I would like to access information about printing before Gutenberg's time, emphasise on Chinese wood printers, Korean an Japanese printing, the oldest found printed books.
In any language. (however preferably in English, Finnish, Hungarian or Korean...)
Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Answer
You cand find books about subject by finnish words kirjoitusjärjestelmät historia (= system of writing, history) from Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries (HelMet):
The story of writing : with over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour / Robinson, Andrew
Kirjoituksen lumo = The metamorphoses of writing
Writing : the story of alphabets and scripts / Georges Jean
A history of writing / Albertine Gaur
The alphabetic labyrinth : the letters in history and imagination / Johanna Drucker
More books in HelMet catalogue:
http://www.helmet.fi/search*fin/X?SEARCH=kirjoitusj%C3%A4rjestelm%C3%A4…
Internetlinks in Libraries.fi about subject:
http://www.kirjastot.fi/Linkkikirjasto/Luokat.aspx?wordID=a66f2374-5b06…
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