Tongguk myŏngsan-ki 東國名山記 Records of Famous Mountains in Korea

by Hae-ŭng 成海應 SŎNg

$2,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

51 folding leaves. Large 8vo 270 x 180 mm. , orig. yellow patterned semi-stiff wrappers. Kyŏngsŏng Seoul : Irhan Sŏbang 日韓書房, 1909. An uncommon geographical treatise from the late Chosŏn period, compiled by Sŏng Hae-ŭng 1760-1839 during the reign of King Jeongjo r. 1776-1800 . This work surveys approximately 100 of Korea’s most celebrated scenic and historic mountains and sites, organized into nine regions: Gyeongdo, Giro, Haeseo,

• Binding: Wrappers

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