Many woodcut illus. Mongnok in one kwŏn & 14 numbered kwŏn, in ten volumes. Small folio (300 x 223 mm.), orig. wrappers (wrappers a little soiled & stained), handwritten title & kwŏn numbers in black ink on each upper cover, new stitching. [Chirye, Kyŏngsang-do]: [Kyŏngho yŏngdang], [Postscript dated 1824].

Possibly the first edition (see below) of this illustrated compendium of the Family Rituals (Ch. Jiali 家禮), popular in 19th-century Korea. Integrating a large number of earlier Chinese and Korean works on the subject, this compendium is one of the most comprehensive of its kind.

The Family Rituals, a collection of... More