The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
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Published in 2018 - Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, The.
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 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 cloth with 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
From the Limitation Page
This edition of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana has been typeset in Aria at The Folio Society and printed on Abbey pure rough paper at Kosel, Krugzell, Germany. It is bound in blocked cloth with an inset label, and presented in a Solander Box. The enclosed print, signed by the artist, was printed at Kosel, on natural evolution paper.
This edition is limited to 750 copies and 20 Lettered copies Hors De Commerce.
This is copy number 159
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