《秦汉瓦图记》:一部砖版与木版套印的奇书

The Book of Qin and Han Eaves Tile Patterns is a Magnificent Collection of Brick and Woodblock Overprints

清乾隆三十六年(1771)印成的朱枫所著《秦汉瓦图记》,是中国第一部收藏研究瓦当的专著。为表现古瓦当的特殊质感,《秦汉瓦图记》在印刷时用古砖雕刻图像版,用木版雕刻文字版,然后套印成书。砖版的雕刻人是寓居河南光州的高云闾兄弟。这种砖版与木版套印的印刷方式,是古代印刷技术的一次创新。

The Book of Qin and Han Eaves Tile Patterns by Zhu Feng was printed in the 36 th year of the Qing Dynasty’s Qianlong reign(1771),and is the first book on the collection and study of eaves tiles in China.The book was printed by carving image plates from ancient bricks and text plates from wooden plates,which were then overprinted,in order to portray the unique texture of the antique eaves tiles.The Gao Yunlv brothers,who lived in Guangzhou,Henan Province,carved the brick plates.This style of printing,in which brick plates were layered with wooden plates,was an innovation from traditional printing methods.