One full-page woodcut illus. Woodblock-printed. [2], 21, [1] folding leaves. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers with handwritten title on cover, old stitching, red edges. Hanoi: Đền Ngọc Sơn, 1859 (from title-page).

This rare work contains Daoist scriptures of longevity printed at the Ngọc Sơn Temple 玉山殿, located within Lake Hoàn Kiếm in the center of Hanoi. Established in Thiệu Trị 1 (1841) by Vũ Tông Phan 武宗璠 (1800-51), president of the Benevolent Society (hội hướng thiện 向善會), the Ngọc Sơn Temple quickly became a center of literary and cultural revival in the ancient capital, where the Benevolent Society and its associates... More