锡活字印本《陈同甫集》与历史上的锡活字版印刷

在印刷史研究中甄别出清代广东邓氏锡活字版所印书籍。首先,确定了《陈同甫集》是锡活字印本,提出了鉴定锡活字的方法,分析了邓氏锡活字版的印刷工艺;其次,对历史上与锡版印刷有关的问题进行了梳理,指出曾被当作"锡浇版"印本的《秦汉瓦当文字》实为拓本和木刻本的结合物,并非锡版印刷品。

The Movable Tin Type Chen Tongfu Ji and the Traditional Movable Tin Type Printing

This article aims at making public the new discovery of some printed books with movable tin type produced by the bookstore of Tong in Guangdong.While an edition of Chen Tongfu ji can be identified as such an imprint,efforts are made to provide methodological criteria for judging this printing technology and the technical features seen in Tong＇s tin type books.Furthermore a survey is undertaken on the Qin Han wadang wenzi which had been believed to be a product of the tin type printing technology.Clear indicators show that it is in fact a mixture of rubbings and wood block-printing.