📖 Phóng Sanh Văn Đồ Thuyết (放生文圖說)

Original Vietnamese Buddhist scripture booklet printed January 30, 1961 – Saigon, Vietnam (License No. 201/XB).

A devotional text discussing the practice of Phóng Sanh (“Fang Sheng” in Chinese – the Buddhist act of releasing animals to generate compassion and extend life).

Written in Vietnamese, Classical Chinese, and Sino-Vietnamese characters, with moral teachings and illustrated content.

📘 Details:

✅ Printed by Vietnamese Buddhist publishers (Huê Nghiêm Temple context)

✅ Text in trilingual layout

✅ Early post-colonial Buddhist print from South Vietnam

✅ Red-ink ornamental typography with decorative border

✅ Historic 1961 edition — extremely rare survivor

Condition: Very Good — clean interior, tight binding, mild age toning, small edge wear consistent with age.

Ideal for collectors of Vietnamese Buddhist texts, Indochina-era printing, or Southeast Asian religious ephemera.