Subject: Korea--Civilization--Pictorial works

Chosön, the land of the morning calm : a sketch of Korea
AuthorLowell, Percival, 1855-1916
PlaceBoston
PublisherTicknor and Co.
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition2nd ed.
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
ShelfRare Book Folio
Call NumberDS902.2.L694 1886
Descriptionx, 412 p. : ill., plates, 2 folded maps ; 27 cm
Note

Chosön, the land of the morning calm : a sketch of Korea / by Percival Lowell ; illustrated from photographs by the author.
Includes index.
This copy inscribed "Lizzie G. Stephens from P.(?) E. W."
Signed: Merlin J. Guilfoyle. N.B. Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle (July 15, 1908 – November 20, 1981) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Stockton from 1969 to 1979 and Auxiliary Bishop to San Francisco.{etc}. A number of Bp. Guilfoyle's books are in the Ricci Institute Library.

Where the day begins -- The geography of the peninsula -- The climate -- The coast -- Chemulpo -- The journey up to Söul -- The journey up to Söul, the second day -- The entry into Söul -- A walled city -- The watch-fires on the south mountain -- The government -- The triad of principles -- The quality of impersonality -- The patriarchal system -- Presentation at court -- A day at home -- The house of the sleeping waves -- The want of a religion -- The demon worship -- Söul by day -- Söul by night -- A Korean banquet -- My friend the mathematician -- Architecture -- Landscape gardening -- The palaces -- A chapter of horrors -- The valley of clothes -- Costume -- On hats -- An out-of-the-way corner in language -- The flower-stream temple -- Winter revels in a monastery -- Time -- A predicament -- The beacons of Pusan.

OCLC note: 25 Albertype plates from photographs of Korea by Percival Lowell. Forbes Albertype Co., Boston, did the plates......The pictures by him, as reproduced by the Forbes company, are striking and the tonal range of the collotypes is particularly effective in this book." -- Hanson collection catalog, p. 88.

Han'guk minsok togam 韓國民俗圖鑑 = The Collection of Korean Folklore Pictures
AuthorKim Man-hŭi 金萬熙, fl. 1970-1992Han'guk Hongbo Hyŏphoe 韓國弘報協會Asia T’aep’yŏngyang Munhwa Hyŏphoe 亞細亞太平洋文化協會 (Korea)
PlaceSŏul T’ŭkpyŏlsi 서울特別市
PublisherAsia T’aep’yŏngyang Munhwa Hyŏphoe 亞細亞太平洋文化協會
CollectionRicci Institute Library, Korean Library
Edition
LanguageKorean, English
TypeBook
Series
ShelfStacks
Call NumberNK1073.6.H264 K566 1977
Description5 v. in 1 : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
Note

Asia T'aep'yŏngyang Munhwa Hyŏphoe 亞細亞太平洋文化協會 (Korea) Han’guk minsok togam 韓國民俗圖鑑 = The Collection of Korean Folklore Pictures / Kim Man-hŭi p’yŏnjŏ 金萬熙編著 ; edited by Public Relations Association of Korea.
Title: The Collection of Korean Folklore Pictures (sic).

5 individual issues published from 1973-1975 bound in one as Minsok togam 民俗圖鑑 (I) = Korean Folklore Pictures. 

Most captions include English.