Printed with wooden movable type. 2, 1, 4, 46, 12, 11; 24, 33, 36; 23, 58; 37, 30; 81; 77; 51, 34, [1] folding leaves. 14 kwŏn in seven vols. Small folio, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, title & kwŏn numbers handwritten on covers, old stitching. [Korea]: colophon dated 1897.

First edition, and rare; WorldCat lists only the Harvard copy (accession number 31333684). This is a synthesis of Chinese and Korean practices surrounding the four “family rituals”: general rites, coming of age (K. kwanrye 冠禮), marriage, and funerals, written by Kim Kyŏng-yu (1698-1773), and edited and published by his descendant, employing... More