Title
Korean edition Chung sŏl (Ch. Zhongshuo, 中說),
Date
ca. 1484.
Description
This edition of Chung sŏl—just one of two known copies—is a Chinese philosophical work that was printed from the Korean kapchinja bronze type font of 1484. It contains no fewer than twelve seals impressed by nine collectors. On display are the seals of Manase Shōrin (1565–1611), Kojima Hōso (1797–1848), Mukōyama Kōson (1826–1905), Yang Shoujing (1839–1915), Nakayama Kyūshirō (1874–1961), and Obama Toshie (1889–1972), along with a portrait of Shoujing—an image tipped into some of his rarest books.
Source
On loan from the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. Formerly in the Guanhailou Collection of Xia Wei and Soren Edgren.