Title from cover. Title at head of text: Okhwan kŭibong 옥환긔봉. 'The miraculous encounter of the jade rings' . A Korean novel based on a Chinese tale telling the story of the early life of the future Emperor Gwangwu (died 57 CE), founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Topography of Korea. Incomplete copy of the work originally compiled in 22 chapters by Kim Chŏng-ho c.1822-1834. Incomplete: composed of 3 sections. a). ff.1-81, text only, Kyŏnggi Province京畿道; b) f.82-134: index to kwŏn 16, a description including maps of Chŏlla Province 全羅道; c) f.135-172, ind...
Titile from title slip on front cover. Title slip reads: 玉溪社 辛亥再修 甲子重修 戊寅改修. Title on fol.1: Okkyesa chang 玉溪社藏 辛亥曾畫. Korean album of poetry and landscape paintings of Mt Inwang by members of a literati society called the Okkyesa (Jade Stream Club). The album contains 11 illustrations by Im ...
Portraits of 144 Chinese historical and legendary figures - chiefly emperors, ministers, military men and literary figures but also including Buddha and Laozi. The illustrations are head and shoulder representations, apart from those of Buddha and Laoziare Each portrait has an biographical text i...
Album containing maps of the traditional Eight Provinces of Korea: 1) Kyŏnggido / Chungchŏngdo 忠淸道; 2) Chŏllado 全羅道; 3) Kyŏngsangdo 慶尙道; 4) P’yŏngando平安道; 5) South Hamgyong 咸鏡南道; 6) North Hamgyong 咸鏡北道; 7) Hwanghaedo 黃海道; 8) Kangwŏndo 江原道. A preface and scale [approx. 1: 400,000] are included o...
Map of the Korean peninsula. Place names and legends in Chinese characters with transcriptions in Hangŭl. Some names have also have added transliterations into the Latin alphabet.
Manuscript copy of the set of 22 maps of Korea compiled by Kosanja [i.e. Kim Chŏng-ho 金正浩 (d 1866?)] and first published in 1861 with a revised edition in 1864. First folio of first map dated: 古山子校刋 當守元年甲子 [=1864]. Each map has a list of the places contained within it written on the front cove...