Apr 15, 2004 - Sale 2002

Sale 2002 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 575
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BURTON, SIR RICHARD F., translator and editor. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. 181 pages. 8vo, original vellum, spine darkened, rear cover heavily spotted; title soiled and foxed. "Cosmopoli": for the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, 1883 [i. e., later]

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Not noted by Penzer, this reprint of the first edition in book form is printed on paper watermarked Van Gelder en Zonen with no date. The gilt spine lettering reads KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA on 4 lines, with gilt double rule at top and bottom and no date.