Tan calf spine with gilt title. Black cloth boards with gilt emblem on front board. Dimensions are for one volume.

No.320 of 1000 edition.

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       A lovely set, very, very rare.

A gorgeous hardcover set. A limited first edition. For the near fine conditions, please view our photographs: A masterpiece in Erotica subscribed for by a very distinguished Cambridge professor. Twelve books bound into ten volumes. “This limited 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. 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 RÄdhÄ and Krishna, from the Bengali of ChandÄ«dÄsa. Amores of Amaru and MayÅ«ra, 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 DÄsÄ«n and Musa-ag-AmÄstÄn, 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.