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Ananga-Ranga; (Stage of the Bodiless One) or, The Hindu Art of Love (Ars Amoris Indica.) Translated from the Sanskrit, and Annoted
by A.F.F. & B.F.R. [Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London and Benares: Cosmopoli: For the Kama Shastra Society, 1885. Burton always had an interest in Eastern erotica; this is his translation from Sanskrit of a 15th Century work. In order to avoid Victorian charges of obscenity they were usually issued "for subscribers only." Here Burton and Arbuthnot disguised themselves by inverting their initials.[one wonders who might have been fooled]. After his death Burton's manuscript and notes were burned by Isabel. Only a tiny number, perhaps four or six, had been printed in 1873 with a different title. This is a Near Fine copy of the Third Issue of what is generally thought of as the First Edition; all three came out in 1885 [cf. Penzer 171-72 and Casada 73]. Rebound attractively in cloth with golden brown tips and spine. Titling in gilt within a green label on the spine. Clean text, 144 pages with marbled endpapers. Noted: a previous reader has written in pencil on the second free endpaper 'Kind of like the Kama Sutra only better." There is a slight bit of rub along the front edge of the spine; else a Fine copy and hugely attractive. . Third Printing. Quarter-Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006652
- Title
- Ananga-Ranga; (Stage of the Bodiless One) or, The Hindu Art of Love (Ars Amoris Indica.) Translated from the Sanskrit, and Annoted
- Author
- A.F.F. & B.F.R. [Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Cosmopoli: For the Kama Shastra Society
- Place of Publication
- London and Benares
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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