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The Perfumed Garden, A Manual of Arabian Erotology.
The Perfumed Garden, A Manual of Arabian Erotology.
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The Perfumed Garden, A Manual of Arabian Erotology

Nefzawi, Sheikh · Paris

Author
Nefzawi, Sheikh
Date
c1950
Place
Paris
Publisher
Privately Issued, Librairie "Astra"
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.75" x 8.875") 189 pp. Perfect bound card stock covers with black and red lettering to upper cover, black lettering to spine and rear warning "Not to be sold in England or U.S.A.". Having a 2" separation at rear cover at foot and 1" to front with small loss to foot of spine itself (see pic). Both covers lightly soiled/stained with old creases to both (see pic). Fore-edge rough-cut with some jagged edges. Overall, a very good example of this erotic text. Originally written in 1434 , translated into English for the first time by Sir Richard Burton in 1886. Now protected in archival cover.
Format
The Perfumed Garden (al-Rawḍ al-ʻāṭir fī nuzhat al-khāṭir) is a 15th-century Arabic sex manual by ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad Nafzāwī, often compared to the Kama Sutra, that serves as a guide to sexual health, technique, and pleasure, blending practical advice with erotic stories and cultural insights. It covers topics like physical attributes, foreplay, coital positions, remedies for sexual problems, and dream interpretation, all presented in a literary style with interspersed tales.
Edition
Eighth Printingh
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.9383

The Perfumed Garden, A Manual of Arabian Erotology 8vo.(5.75" x 8.875") c1950. 189 pp. Paris: Privately Issued, Librairie "Astra". Perfect bound card stock covers with black and red lettering to upper cover, black lettering to spine and rear warning "Not to be sold in England or U.S.A.". Having a 2" separation at rear cover at foot and 1" to front with small loss to foot of spine itself (see pic). Both covers lightly soiled/stained with old creases to both (see pic). Fore-edge rough-cut with some jagged edges. Overall, a very good example of this erotic text. Originally written in 1434 , translated into English for the first time by Sir Richard Burton in 1886. Now protected in archival cover. The Perfumed Garden (al-Rawḍ al-ʻāṭir fī nuzhat al-khāṭir) is a 15th-century Arabic sex manual by ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad Nafzāwī, often compared to the Kama Sutra, that serves as a guide to sexual health, technique, and pleasure, blending practical advice with erotic stories and cultural insights. It covers topics like physical attributes, foreplay, coital positions, remedies for sexual problems, and dream interpretation, all presented in a literary style with interspersed tales.

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