On the Print Runs of Pre-Modern Chinese Woodblock Books
试论中国传统雕版书籍的印数及相关问题

The issue of pre-modern Chinese woodblock book printing runs is related to the technical characteristics of woodblock printing,book output,market size,production cycle,business model,book circulation and so forth. Chinese historical records of the woodblock printing runs were very inconsistent,showing the complexity of the issue. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,missionaries from the West wrote some detailed accounts of the traditional Chinese woodblock printing,providing valuable empirical data of woodblock ...