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Eastern Love: English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodargupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra
by Mathers, E. Powys
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Fine
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About This Item
London: John Rodker for Subscribers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Twelve volumes in Four. "The edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux . The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd." Vols. 2-12 printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. This set unnumbered.
A delightful unsigned full leather vbinding of rust colored morocco. Spine titles in gilt. Spines and boards tooled in blind with triple rectangular frames on which a double oval frame is tooled, the margins outside the frams tastefully tooled in dots. The upper boards of each volume with black onlays in a simple art deco design. Top edges gilt. A fine set. With the engraved armorial bookplates of Frederick Walter Fell Clark.
Contents are:
v. 1. The lessons of a bawd, of Damodaragupta -- v. 2. The harlot's breviary, of Kshemendra -- v. 3. The book of women, of Fazil-Bey. The education of wives, from the Persian -- v. 4. The young wives' tale, from the Arabic of Amor ben Amar. Tales of Fez, from the Arabic -- v. 5. The loves of Rādhā and Krishna, from the Bengali of Chandīdāsa. Amores of Amaru and Mayūra, from the Sanskrit -- v. 6. Love stories and gallant tales, from the Chinese -- v. 7. Comrade-loves of the Samurai / by Saïkaku Ebara. Songs of the Geishas -- v. 8. Ninety short tales of love and women, from the Arabic -- v. 9. The loves of Dāsīn and Musa-ag-Amāstān, from the Tamashek. Camel-boy rhythms, from the Arabic -- v. 10. Love tales of Cambodia. Songs of the love nights of Lao -- v. 11-12. Anthology of Eastern love.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23498
- Title
- Eastern Love: English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodargupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra
- Author
- Mathers, E. Powys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Rodker for Subscribers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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