Composed in Sanskrit, probably in the early centuries CE, this treatise on kama - desire, pleasure, and household life - is arranged in books on sexual society, the life of the townsman, courtship and marriage, the techniques of the bedroom, the conduct of wives, and the world of courtesans and extra-marital strategy. Vatsyayana compiles earlier teachers and comments in a dry, classificatory voice. The work is a manual of erotic and social conduct in ancient India, not a novel and not only a catalogue of postures.
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6 Subjects| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
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| Vol. 1 | The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, in Seven Parts, With Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks | — |
| Vol. 2 | The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, Essays by W.g. Archer, Hanif Kureishi | — |
Bound in dark blue 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. Commentary volume with essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Keay. Quarter-bound in blue cloth with light brown paper sides blocked in dark blue foil. Solander box bound in cloth, blocked in gold and lined with cloth printed and blocked in gold foil.
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
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| 1st Printing | 2018 | — |