The former examines how the book publishing cultures differ between China and Western countries and her advocacy for studying things in the Annales school style,[1] while McDermott's essay, "The Ascendance of Imprint in China," explores how printing developed in the Ming dynasty.
[3] Rawski's article includes information on works in the Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetic languages.
[4] Anne Burkus-Chasson's article describes Lingyan ge (劉源敬繪凌煙閣) by Liu Yuan (劉源).
Book illustrations meant to teach lessons are described in Julia K. Murray's essay.
[1] Dennis Joseph, author of Writing, Publishing, and Reading Local Gazetteers in Imperial China, 1100–1700, described the book as "important".