81 folding leaves. Two kwon in one vol. Large 8vo (310 x 208 mm.), orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers (somewhat rubbed & soiled). Korea: 1886. $6500.00

First and only edition of this collection of poems and writings by the late-Chosŏn scholar Kim Hong-je (1661-1737). Compiled posthumously by Kim’s descendants Kim Rak-ku and Kim Nag-yuk in 1886, the book includes a Preface by Kim Yak-ryŏn and a Postscript by Kim Chŏl-su, both dated pyŏngsul (1886).

The first part contains Kim’s poems, letters, miscellaneous writings, and records, while the second serves as an appendix, including elegiac poems, biographical accounts, epitaphs, and a.... More