Tao te Ching by decade

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175 covers from 205 printings with a known year, 2020s back to 1870s

2020s

6 covers · 4 of 6 printings say paperback · 6 publishers, Taosurfers and Markus Obrock among them

2010s

38 covers · 32 of 42 printings say paperback · 34 publishers, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and Createspace Independent Publishing Platform among them · 3 languages

2000s

43 covers · 27 of 52 printings say paperback · 44 publishers, Counterpoint and Harper Perennial Modern Classics among them · 3 languages

1990s

37 covers · 11 of 46 printings say paperback · 38 publishers, Shambhala and HarperCollins among them · 5 languages

1980s

18 covers · 6 of 24 printings say paperback · 20 publishers, Penguin (Non-Classics) and Paragon House among them · 4 languages

1970s

9 covers · 2 of 13 printings say paperback · 10 publishers, Vintage Books and Seven Star Communications among them

1960s

5 covers · 4 publishers, Penguin Classics and Penguin Books among them

1950s

3 covers · 5 publishers, Published for the Buddhist Society by Allen & Unwin and Bobbs-Merrill among them · 2 languages

1940s

1 cover · 1 publisher, Modern Library

1930s

3 covers · 2 publishers, D. Goddard and Insel-Verlag among them · 2 languages

1910s

4 covers · 3 publishers, The Open court publishing co. and Brentano's among them

1900s

5 covers · 4 publishers, J. Murray and Open Court Pub. Co. among them

1890s

1 cover

1870s

1 cover · 1 publisher, Friedrich Fleischer

No year on record

1 cover

Covers from Open Library, each in the decade of the earliest printing that carries it. What the catalogues never scanned is missing here too. See the whole wall.