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Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot and Sir Richard Burton (Translated by) - The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Limited Edition

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Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot and Sir Richard Burton (Translated by) - The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Limited Edition (Published in by The Folio Society in 2018. Limited to 750 numbered copies each sent with a print signed by Victo Ngai. This is number . One of the world's great literary legacies, this manual of virtuous living, courtship and pleasure affords an intimate glimpse into Hindu culture. Limited Edition Translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Richard Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. Typeset in Aria and printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Title page printed in two colours. Eight colour plates by Victo Ngai tipped into decorative borders. 25 black and white drawings integrated with the text. Bound in cloth blocked in gold on the spine and inset with a cloth label printed and blocked in gold foil with a design by the artist. Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Gilded top edge, ribbon marker. 264 pages. Book size: 13" x 9.75". Commentary volume Essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. 64 pages set in Aria and printed on Abbey Pure Rough Paper. Quarter-bound in cloth with paper sides blocked in dark blue foil. 64 pages. Book size: 13" x 9.75". Presented in a solander box bound in cloth, blocked in gold and lined with cloth printed and blocked in gold foil with a design by the artist. There have been many editions of the Kama Sutra, but none more vividly imagined as through the work of award-winning artist Victo Ngai. Each full-colour illustration weaves an intricate story and tantalises with erotic suggestion. Ngai has also created 25 beautiful black and white interpretations of the sexual positions and these liberally illustrate the text. A signed artist's print portraying an amorous couple locked in the Embrace of Thighs is presented with every book. )

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