The Top Ten Illustrations from Book I of Tsien Tsuen-hsuin's “Paper and Printing”
![The Top Ten Illustrations from Book I of Tsien Tsuen-hsuin's “Paper and Printing”](/content/images/size/w960/2024/02/Untitled-2-1.jpg)
Nobody loves anything more than a stout heart loves a black and white reproduction in an academic series that's hard to find and then reproducing them in jpegs online.
Unlike many entries in this series, this one is from a book, so there's a whole citation for you. It could be very out of date, but the pictures are really good:
- Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin (1985). “Paper and Printing.” Vol. 5:1 of Science and Civilisation in China.
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.46.27-AM-3.png)
"This paper was made of hibiscus skin mixed with powdered hibiscus flower petals to increase its lustra"
![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.45.08-AM-1.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.44.47-AM-1.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.44.29-AM.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.41.30-AM-1.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.41.41-AM.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.43.49-AM.png)
![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.43.59-AM.png)
![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.44.04-AM.png)
![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.44.09-AM.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.46.17-AM.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.55.39-AM.png)
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![](https://www.thestopgap.net/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-01-at-10.42.51-AM.png)
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