Frederick McCormick Korean Collection 프레데릭 맥코믹 코리안 컬렉션

The McCormick collection at the Claremont Colleges Library comprises a total of 128 titles and 808 volumes of Korean rare books and manuscripts from the 16th century to early 20th century. This valuable collection not only provides great contents on the various aspects of early Korean society and cultural life, but also extremely fine and rare samples of early Korean book arts and typography. The collection also possesses considerable scholarly value as it includes a number of complete sets of rare books that are not easily found even in Korea. 23 titles and 225 volumes of literary works and anthologies were stamped with collectors' seals from famous literati figures. Some of the books also bear notes and signature of James Scarth Gale, the famous missionary and scholar of Korean Studies, making the provenance of the collection even more interesting and fascinating.

Analyzed by time periods, the McCormick Collection has 1 title / 20 volumes published before the 16th century, 16 titles/ 119 volumes during the 17th century, 29 titles / 244 volumes during the 18th century, 56 titles / 338 volumes during the 19th century. If analyzed by print types, 17 titles / 194 volumes were print with Movable Metal Type, 13 titles / 88 volumes with Movable Wooden Type, 68 titles / 451 volumes with Woodblock, 11 titles / 42 volumes of Manuscripts, and 8 titles / 8 volumes of Rubbings.