Ŏje hunsŏ or Oeje hunseo 御製訓書 Royally Commissioned Exhortations

by King of Korea YŎNgjo 英祖, or Yeongjo

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

41 folding leaves. Large 8vo 337 x 206 mm. , orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. Korea : Simdo 沁都, 1756.First edition and rare; WorldCat lists only one printed copy, at Berkeley. This book of exhortations on good government, with striking royal calligraphy, was written by King Yŏngjo or Yeongjo of Chosŏn 1694-1776 in 1756. At this time, Yŏngjo was commemorating the death of his father, the previous king. According to Fang Chaoying

• Binding: Wrappers

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