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Written on bamboo & silk: the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0226814165 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780226814162 (pbk.)
Author	Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin 1910-2015
Title	Written on bamboo & silk : the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions / Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien ; with an afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy
Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004
Physical desc.	xxiv, 323 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Note	Rev. ed. of: Written on bamboo and silk (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1962).
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-294) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Records on bones and shells -- Inscriptions on metals and clay -- Engravings on stone and jade -- Documents on bamboo and wood -- Silk as writing material -- Paper and paper manuscripts -- Implements and tools for writing -- Conclusion -- Afterword: [Paleographic discoveries in China since 1960].
Subject	Books -- China -- History
	Chinese language -- Writing -- History
	Writing materials and instruments
	Inscriptions, Chinese
Added name(s)	Shaughnessy, Edward L. 1952-

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