Woodblock-printed. 15 (f. 1 lacking), 23, 32, 36; 20, 28, 19 (f. 20 lacking); 43, 38, 34; 30, 36, 33, 8, [1] (duplicate of q. 3 f. 6) folding leaves. Quyển thủ & 12 numbered quyển in four vols. 8vo, new wrappers, knot-bound with new paper cords, red edges. Vietnam: 1901.

First edition of this rare Vietnamese commentary on Huaisu’s 懷素 (624-97) Book of Discipline for Ordained Nuns According to the Dharmagupta-vinaya (Ch. Sifenlü biqiuni jieben 四分律比丘尼戒本), compiled at a dharma gathering of monastics in Thành Thái 13 (1901). The work is not in WorldCat, and we find only two... More