"A-- That the Doctrinas of 1593, though printed at Manila, were not executed in type, but by the so-called xylographic method. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
Juan de Vera tried xylographic printing under the supervision of. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
That there were Chinese xylographic models upon which the books could be based is evidenced by the account of Mendoza of the considerable number of. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
The volume is printed throughout by the xylographic method, that is to say, each page of text is printed from one wood-block which was carved by hand. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
The only possibility is that between 1593 and 1599 Villanueva had printed some small xylographic books no copies and no further record of which have appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
These books, printed in the usual Chinese method from wood-blocks, could have provided models for the Spaniards in the Philippines who lacked European facilities for printing, and they may have given birth to the idea which resulted in the xylographic Doctrinas. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
Mitigating somewhat his assurance, he speaks following the above-quoted passage of printing in China, and differentiates between xylographic and typographic printing, and since he was obviously thinking in terms of printing on a press with movable type his conclusions are not too extreme. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.] Reference
The blockbook, or xylographic process, appeared early in the fifteenth century, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
While it looks like the famous tagline has been tweaked for legal reasons, I know a xylographic of Justin Long when I see one. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
Japanese Art "is issuing from the press, in which there is a large number of chromo-xylographic and collotype reproductions of the best specimens of ancient Japanese art. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
"There is a popular notion that the so-called inventions of paper and xylographic printing were gladly welcomed by men of letters, and that the new fabric and the new art were immediately pressed into service. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Centuries of Ink] Reference
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