The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

[VATSYAYANA]; Richard BURTON and F. F. ARBUTHNOT, Trans.

Published by The Folio Society, 2018

[VATSYAYANA]; Richard BURTON and F. F. ARBUTHNOT, Trans. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. London: The Folio Society, 2018 Folio; full publisher s navy cloth ruled in blind; with onlaid image to central panel featuring a flame, horses, hares and bulls, printed in full colour on cloth; backstrip lettered in gilt; upper edge gilt; decorative yellow and black endpapers printed on textured paper; blue ribbon marker; pp. [vi], v-xxi, [v], 5-237, [iii]; containing frontis and a further 7 full-colour tipped-in images, along with 25 black and white tailpieces at chapter ends, all by Victo Ngai; together with a collection of introductory essays, bound in matching blue cloth-backed yellow boards, square panel embossed in blind to upper board and lettered in blue; blue endpapers; pp. [vi], 7-63, [i]; both fine copies; housed in the original publisher s solander cloth box; upper portion and spine lettered in gilt; lined internally with matching decorative full-colour cloth featuring a lotus flower; the box with some scuff and dirt marks; all in the original cardboard case. Limited collector s edition of just 750 numbered copies, this copy no. 232, with the text typeset in Aria at the Folio society press and printed on Abbey pure rough paper in Kösel in Germany. This edition includes a print, signed by the artist and here in its original unopened tissue paper with the decorative sticker label intact. Also included is an original folded advertisement (a little creased). The essays contained within are by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. Famed as a practical guide for illustrating various sexual techniques, the Kama Sutra was written 2000 years ago and marketed to wealthy citizens as a treatise on the science and art of lovemaking. Divided into seven parts, the work also schools the reader on how to select the perfect husband/wife, how to live virtuously, how to choose a courtesan, and more generally how to pursue a happy life. This beautiful, modern, and lavishly illustrated edition is illustrated by Victo Ngai, an American illustrator whose style is influenced by early Japanese woodblock artists such as Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige through to Norman Rockwell and even Alexander McQueen. A unique book of literary and artistic significance…designed to evoke the sensuality of its contents . Seller Inventory # 0050

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Publisher: The Folio Society
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Limited Edition