单词 | xylographica |
释义 | xylographica, n. pl.|zaɪləʊˈgræfɪkə| [mod.L., f. xylographic a. after typographica n. pl.] Block-books, woodcuts, and the like; xylographic matter.
1931M. B. Stillwell Incunabula & Americana iii. i. 177 Blockbooks, although produced during the same period [as incunabula], are those printed a full page at a time, each page being printed from a wooden block... Such books are sometimes called ‘xylographic books’, or ‘xylographica’, meaning that they are wood-engraved throughout. 1952J. Carter ABC for Bk.-Collectors 37 Block books, or xylographica, as produced in Europe are presumed..to have preceded the invention of printing from movable metal types. 1982Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 866/1 Volume I will carry descriptions of block-books and other xylographica. |

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