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Title: DIAMOND SUTRA
THE STORY OF THE WORLD''S EARLIEST DATED PRINTED BOOK
By: Frances Wood
Format: Hardback

List price: £20.00


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ISBN 10: 071235090X
ISBN 13: 9780712350907
Publisher: THE BRITISH LIBRARY PUBLISHING DIVISION
Pub. date: 1 June, 2010
Pages: 112
Description: Focusing on the Diamond Sutra, this title describes the discovery of the Sutra by Sir Aurel Stein in May 1907 in a hidden cave on the edge of the Gobi desert. It discusses the invention of paper in China and the origins of Far Eastern printing as well as the content of the Sutra.
Illustrations: 60 colour illustrations
Returns: Returnable
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BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH: SILVER JEWELLERY AND ORNAMENT IN THE LATE QING DYNASTY (PB)
CHINA (HB)
CHINA (PB)
CHINA''S FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
CHINESE ILLUSTRATION (PB)
CHINESE LIVES (HB)
CHRISTMAS CAROL LEAFLETS FROM RAPHAEL'S PICTURES. WITH BORDERS AND WORDS BY F. H. WOOD.
CONTRACTS FOR CARE (PB)
DID MARCO POLO GO TO CHINA? (PB)
DUNHUANG AND TURFAN (PB)
FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA (HB)
FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA (PB)
GREAT BOOKS OF CHINA
GREAT BOOKS OF CHINA
GREAT BOOKS OF CHINA (HB)
GREAT BOOKS OF CHINA (HB)
HAND-GRENADE PRACTICE IN PEKING (HB)
HAND-GRENADE PRACTICE IN PEKING (PB)
LIVING IN PEKING
ORIENTAL GARDENS (PB)
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PAVILIONS IN THE AIR (HB)
PISTONS TO BLADES (HB)
PUBLIC SUCCESS, PRIVATE SORROW (HB)
SILK ROAD (HB)
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THE BETRAYED ALLY: CHINA IN THE GREAT WAR (HB)
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