Tangnŭng kun yusa ching 唐陵君遺事徵 Posthumous Accounts of Lord Dangneung’s Deeds

by In-bo 鄭寅普 ChŎNg

$3,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

41 folding leaves. Small folio 325 x 216 mm. , orig. yellow patterned wrappers, orig. stitching. Kyŏngsŏng 京城 Seoul : 1928.First edition of this rare work, printed by wooden movable type, that tells the life story of Chosŏn interpreter and diplomat yŏkkwan Hong Sun-ŏn 洪純彦 1530-98 . Impoverished in his youth, Hong made a name for himself with fluency in Chinese and a knack for international trade. The author of our book, Chŏng

• Binding: Wrappers

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