SEOUL PAST AND PRESENT : A Guide to Yi T'aejo's Capital

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright with red ribbon bookmark, and faint corner creasings & soiling to lower front of first 4 pages. Embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/rubs to surfaces & leading edges, & faint creasings, nips, & chips to edges. A history, cultural and social, of the City of Seoul of the historical reclusive Hermit Kingdom of Korea. 9 chapters: I, Introduction to the History of Seoul; II, The Capital of Yi T'aejo; III, Building the Walls & Gates; IV, Defending the Capital; V, The Palaces & the Royal Places of Worship; VI, The Hideyoshi Invasions: Admiral Yi Sun-sin; VII, Dynastic Traditions; VIII, Origins of Some Famous Places About Town; and, IX, The End of the Hermit Kingdom: Korea Enters the Modern Age, followed by Appendix devoted to street names of Seoul, walking tours, and chronology of reigning dynasties. A tour guide matured by time to become a historical portrait of Seoul near half-century ago.