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

20, 28, 10; 14, 38; 22, 23, 25 folding leaves. Printed with metal movable type. One kwŏn of illustrations & seven numbered kwŏn in three vols. Small folio (334 x 220 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers (rubbed), handwritten titles on upper covers, old stitching. [Hansŏng]: [Kyosŏgwan], colophon: 1759.

A rare and early illustrated Korean edition of the Family Rituals, printed with musinja 戊申字 metal movable type at the royal publishing house, Kyosŏgwan 校書館.

The Family Rituals, a collection of ritual prescriptions compiled by the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200), was one of the most influential ritual texts in Chŏson... More