The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Folio Society 2018 1st ed. Signed Limited Ngai VGC

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Folio Society 2018 1st ed. Signed Limited Ngai VGC

£413.99
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Folio Society 2018 1st ed. Signed Limited Ngai VGC
Folio Society
Literature

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Vatsyayana

£413.99
Edition year 2018
Printing year 2018
First edition Yes
Binding cloth
Illustrator Victo Ngai
Translator Sir Richard Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
Limited edition Yes
Signed Yes
Weight 5 Kg
Pages Main volume: 264; commentary: 64
Dimensions 13 × 9¾ in
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. No.405, a few very small dents to the slipcase, a few very small faint marks on page edges.

Edition details

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. Illustrated by and signed by Victo Ngai. Translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Richard Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. 8 colour plates by Victo Ngai tipped into decorative borders, 25 integrated b&w drawings. Bound in dark blue cloth blocked in gold on the spine and inset with a cloth label printed and blocked in gold foil. Design printed endpapers. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. 264pp. Commentary volume with essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. Quarter-bound in blue cloth with light brown paper sides blocked in dark blue foil. 64pp. Both books 13x9¾in. Solander box bound in cloth, blocked in gold and lined with cloth printed and blocked in gold foil. 750 copies (£395).

About the book

The Kama Sutra, attributed to Vātsyāyana, is a classical Sanskrit work on love, desire, relationships and the art of living. Although famous for its discussion of sexual behaviour, the text ranges much more widely across courtship, marriage, social customs, household life and the cultivation of pleasure within an ordered life. It is an important source for the study of sexuality and elite culture in ancient India.

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