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414 Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa.Vol. I. 2020 Kyung Hee RHO (University of Ulsan, South Korea) Private Metal-Type Books and their Readers in Early-Modern Korea Summary: This study focused on the sociocultural meaning of private moveable metal-type books in Chosŏn during the 17–18th centuries. Although moveable metal- type printing, in principle, was only reserved for official publishing, some high officials and literati in this period used government-owned metal type systems to print books they desired to possess and distribute. Yi yuan zhi yan and Shi shuo xin yu bu, compiled by Ming Dynasty writer, Wang Shizhen 王世貞 , discussed in this paper, are such cases. Later, wooden type printing was adopted to meet the increasing demand of these books. However, it did not lead to a mass publication using woodblock prints, suggesting that their readers were still limited to a small number of the literati elite. This makes a sharp contrast to the cases of the late Ming and early Qing China and Edo Japan, where commercial printing culture flourished with the huge expansion of readers among commoners. Nevertheless, I consider these cases as a step from official printing toward commercial printing. This paper argued that the privately printed books in early 18th century Chosŏn are meaningful, as they materialized the elite’s pursuit of private taste and desire, being an expression of individuality, which became the most distinctive characteristic of Chosŏn literature in the late 18th century. Keywords: Metal-Type Book; Korean books; Early-modern Korea; sociocultural meaning of Korean premodern printed books; Yi yuan zhi yan; Shi shuo xin yu bu. Но Гёнхи (Университет Ульсан, Республика Корея) Сочинения, изданные частным образом при помощи металлического подвижного шрифта, и их читатели в Корее XVII–XVIII вв. Аннотация: Основное внимание в представленной статье уделено социо­ культурному значению книг, издававшихся частных образом при помощи металлического подвижного шрифта в Корее (Чосон) в XVII–XVIII вв. Несмо- тря на то, что подобный способ в принципе предназначался исключительно