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Title: Through Gates of Seoul : Trails and Tales of Yi Dynasty
Description: Seoul, Taewon Publishing Company, 1974-1977 ?. orig. cloth. 27x19cm, 393 + 410 pp. TWO VOLUMES. Dustwrapper of Volume 1 mounted to cover with cellophane tape.. Photoplates.. Some rubbing and page-edge spotting. Good. dustwrapper. ¶ Weighs 2.5 kilos. Part of the illustrative matter colored. Label mounted on title-page has imprint: New York, Paragon Book Gallery. Foreword by Samuel H. Moffett. Contents: Volume I.: Kyongbok Palace - Beginning of the Yi Dynasty - 1392; Chongmyo ( Royal Ancestral Shrine); General Tomb Construction Information and Tonggu- Nung; Kumgok Area and Beyond; Conjunction of North-South Han River and Vicinity; T'ae-Kang-Nung and Beyond; Ch'angrok Palace; Ch' anggyong Won; Toksu Palace; Pukak Mountain region; North Fortress Region; West Five Tomb Vicinity; West Three Tombs and Beyond; Seoul City Beyond East Gate; Chong- Nung Valley; Appendix; General Index; Volume II.: Uidong Area; To-Bong Mountain Vicinity; North of Uijongbu; North of Paegundae and To-Bong San; Kwang-Nung Vicinity; Route to Soute Rortress; To Yoju Vicinity and Yongwol; Vicinity South of the Han River; Northeastern Slope of Kwanak Mountain; Southh Kwanak Mountain and Vicinity; Suwon Region; Yongin and Ansong Regions; Seoul to Kanghwa Island; Additional Places of Interest; Appendix; General Index.

Keywords: Korean Medieval History, Seoul, South Korea, Buildings, East Asia, Yi Dynasty, Urban Architecture, ,

Price: US$ 145.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS016063I