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LOWELL, Percival
Choson: The Land of the Morning Calm. A Sketch of Korea
Boston Ticknor and Company 1886, x, 412 p. 26 cm. 25 b&w photos by the author, 16 woodcuts + 2 folding maps, p. 13 with small tear in corner. Hardcover. Rebound will original spine reapplied, corners bumped, small dent in top of back cover. Small tear in t.p, and p. 251. An important primary and rare early title on Korea. Covers geography, climate, and coast of the peninsula, plus much on culture, incl. government, religion, architecture, gardening, costume, and language. Author is also known as an astronomer, specifically his work on Mars and the prediction of the existence of the planet Pluto.
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- ordernr.: 001087
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