Ŏjŏng chusŏ paeksŏn 御定朱書百選 Royal Edition of a Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu

by Xi 朱熹 Zhu, author, King of Korea ChŎNgjo

$8,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

. 1 p.l., 4, 25, 34, 29; 37, 30, 28 folding leaves. Six kwŏn in two volumes. Small folio 360 x 223 mm. , orig. wrappers some wear & rubbing , handwritten title on covers, orig. stitching. Hansŏng : Kyujanggak, ca. 1799 . A royal gift, presented by the king of Korea. In 1794, King Chŏngjo 1752-1800 of the Chŏson dynasty compiled and had printed a collection of the letters of the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi 朱熹 1130-1200 to

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