The Diamond Sutra
The Story of the World's Earliest Dated Printed Book
Literary Criticism
The East
Frances Wood; Mark Barnard
British Library 2010
Hardback 112 pages Illustrated 260x195mm
071235090X | 9780712350907 |  Product code: 85105  
In 868, six centuries before Gutenberg's bible, the Diamond Sutra was printed in China, the product of an already mature printing industry. Rediscovered in a cave in 1907, the book was brought to London where it is now one of the British Library's lesser-known treasures. In this introduction to the world's earliest dated printed book, Wood and Bernard explain the processes used in its creation and the most recent conservation work, as well as providing a complete reproduction of the freshly restored Sutra.
 
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