JAN TSCHICHOLD

Der chinesische und
der japanische mehrfarbige
Holztafeldruck,
technisch

ÜBERREICHT VON
DER PAPIERHANDELSGESELLSCHAFT
BUCH ERE R, KURRUS & CO • BASEL

JAN TSCHICHOLD

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Chinese and
Japanese Colour
Wood block
Printing

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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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