JAN TSCHICHOLD
Der chinesische und
der japanische mehrfarbige
Holztafeldruck,
technisch
ÜBERREICHT VON
DER PAPIERHANDELSGESELLSCHAFT
BUCH ERE R, KURRUS & CO • BASEL
JAN TSCHICHOLD
/
Chinese and
Japanese Colour
Wood block
Printing
/'
LONDON
N DE WOR
I965
SOCIETY
Left: the cover of Tschichold's privately printed
booklet on Chinese and Japanese colour
printing, 1959, reduced. The Wynkyn de Worde
Society in London was given permission to
translate and publish it in English, but did not
get their edition approved by Tschichold.
Right: the English title page with Tschichold's
disapproval written in purple ink.
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INHALT
CONTENTS
Chinesische und japanische Farbendrucke
sind wesensverschieden
Seite 7
Die Herstellung eines mehrfarbigen
Holztafeldruckes in China
Seite il
Die Herstellung eines mehrfarbigen
Holztafeldruckes in Japan
Seite 21
Literatur in zeitlicher Folge
Seite 29
The basic differences between
Chinese and Japanese colour printing
page 7
The production of a Chinese
colour wood block print
page II
The production of a Japanese
colour wood block print
page 19
Literature in chronological order
page 25
Jan Tschichold:
A biographical note
page 27
The two contents pages compared. The
typographic differences are minute but
significant. Tschichold also objected strongly to
the translation: see next pages.
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