Compiled Translated Munbok (1 results)

Anthology of classical Chinese poems chosen for use as painting inscriptions, compiled and translated into Korean by. Text presents the original poems in Hanja with line-by-line Hangul readings and Korean explanations, designed to help calligraphers and painters select apt verses for titles, margins, and colophons. Includes color plates of East Asian landscape paintings and numerous pages of poem text set in large, legible type with explanatory notes. A useful reference for calligraphy students, literati-painting enthusiasts, and anyone preparing inscriptions for artwork or seals. Issued in brown gilt-titled boards. Title in original script: RR: Hwajereul wihan Hansiseon; Chinese (Pinyin for main title words): Huatí - Han shi xuan. Near Fine; gilt bright; boards clean with a few faint smudges; binding tight; pages crisp and unmarked, textured endpapers. Near Fine condition, first ed./first printing, limited to 500 copies.