Translated Annotated Myong Jong (1 results)
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Published by Kungnak Sonwon, Seoul, South Korea 1991
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (Kyongho chip = Collected Works of Kyongho), translated and annotated by So Myong-jong. Seoul: Kungnak Sonwon, 1990 (first printing 30 Nov. 1990; this copy 2nd printing, 30 Apr. 1991). Octavo, 429 pp. A modern Korean-language edition (Hangul with Classical Chinese text) of the writings of… Kyongho Sonsa (1849-1912), pivotal figure of late Choson Buddhist reform. Includes preface dated 29 Sept. 1979 by Han Yong-un. Bound in faux-leather textured brown boards with gilt title; decorative calligraphic endpapers. Textblock clean and unmarked aside from a partially erased ownership inscription with date "5.7.92" on the colophon page. Condition near fine: binding tight, pages bright. Colophon states publication details: publisher Kim Sŏng-bon, imprint Kungnak Sonwon; printer Toso Ch'ulp'an Moa; price W8,000. Printing and edition explicitly noted: 1st printing 1990.11.30; 2nd printing 1991.4.30.