Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Block-Printing
This explanation of the origin ofixylography is only con jecture but the use of the process can be definitely traced back to the sixth century when the founder of the Say dynasty ordered all re mains of classical works to be engraved on wood and the text printed. The process of printing colored patterns on different kinds of fab ric s was also known at an early date and practised most extensively in China. It is difficult, however, to determine whether the printing of cloth or printing of block-books was first attempted.
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