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Explorations in the history of science and technology in China. A special number of the "collections of essays on Chinese literature and history."
by Li, Guohao, and Zhang Mengwen and Cao Tianqin
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About This Item
Shanghai: Chinese Classics Publishing House, 1982. First edition, limited to 3,500 copies, large 8vo, pp. [6], viii, [4], 835, [1]; frontispiece portrait and text illustrations; text in English, Chinese, and Japanese with English summaries for non-English chapters; full brown cloth gilt; lower hinge split, corners bumped, very good in a rubbed dust jacket. This volume is a festschrift for eightieth birthday of Dr. Joseph Needham, best known for his work Science and Civilisation in China, and include articles on his life and work, including a bibliography.
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- Rulon-Miller Books
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- 65497
- Title
- Explorations in the history of science and technology in China. A special number of the "collections of essays on Chinese literature and history."
- Author
- Li, Guohao, and Zhang Mengwen and Cao Tianqin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chinese Classics Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Chinese , Japanese , ,
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