Korean Hand Carved Wooden Type and Printed Scroll, c 19th Century

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The Chinese began printing from movable type in the eleventh century. There is no connection between this and its invention in Europe four centuries later. Movable type was first made from clay, then wood, then tin, then bronze. The first official bronze font of type was produced in Korea in 1403.

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Korean Hand Carved Wooden Type and Printed Scroll, c 19th Century

Korean Hand Carved Wooden Type and Printed Scroll, c. 19th Century. Printing Museum, Houston, TX. https://printingmuseum.org/. Photo by IEEE History Center.