The Art Books (Jointly Issued by China and Hungary)
--- Special stamps

Date of issue: 30th Sep. 2003
 

 

Technical Details:

Serial number:2003-19
Values in set: 2
Denomination: 1.60 yuan
Date of issue: 30th September 2003
Designer: Lu Jingren and Andor Andras
Size of stamps: 50 * 30 mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 16 for Sheet I, 8 for Sheet II
Printing process: offset
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

(2-1) T Ritual of Zhou, Song-dynasty Block-printed Edition 80f
(2-2) T Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle 80f

 

Background Informations:

The long Histories of book printing and collection in China and Hungary have been universally acknowledged. The Song-dynasty edition of Ritual of Zhou with annotations by Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty and explanation by Lu Deming of the Tang Dynasty was printed at the jianyang Printing House during China's Southern Song Dynasty, and now is collected in the Peking University Library. The illuminated book was exquisitely printed, representing the level of block-printing technology and engraving art of the Song Dynasty. The first book printed in Hungary, Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle, published in 1473, has a great impact in Europe, and is now among the rich colle4ction of ancient books of the famous National Szechenyi Library in Budapest, Hungary.

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