Songdam sŏnsaeng silgi 松潭先生實紀 The Authentic Chronicle of Master Songdam

by P’ir-hun 蔡必勲 Ch’Ae, ed

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

53 folding leaves. Four kwŏn in one vol. Small folio 313 x 195 mm. , orig. wrappers covers stained , new stitching. Korea : Preface dated 1806. First and only edition of this rare early 19th-century literary collection documenting the life and works of Chae Eung-rin 蔡應麟 1529-84 , a distinguished mid-Chosŏn Confucian scholar and high government official, known by his pen name Songdam 松潭 “Pine Tree Pond” . After forgoing

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