Hyangnye happ’yŏn 鄉禮合編 Collected Community Rituals

by King of Korea ChŎNgjo 正祖, Yi Pyŏng-mo 李秉模

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

1797. Woodblock-printed. 4, 1, 16, 39; 40, 33, 2 folding leaves. Three kwŏn in two volumes. Small folio 341 x 216 mm. , orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, handwritten title on upper covers, old stitching. Hansŏng : Chujaso , Preface dated 1797. Very rare Korean collection of community rituals K. hyangnye 鄉禮 , compiled by and printed for the King of Korea. We find no copy in Korea, and only three copies in WorldCat Berkeley, Columbia,

• Binding: Wrappers

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