Description

No 85 in a 4 Volume Limited Edition Set of 1,000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Four very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards, some rear covers very slightly rubbed, spines very well sunned, blind stamped in gilt and no bumping to any corners. Upper page edges dark blue, fore and lower pages edges untrimmed, dusty and lightly foxed. Notes and introductory pages plus total of 1664pp. The first translation into English of 'The Eastern Art of Love', printed on all rag paper and published 1927-1929 The four books contain 12 volumes of Eastern Anthology on the subject of Love including ancient literature from India, Persia, Arabia, Laos, Cambodia and Japan. The copper-plate engravings throughout the books have been hand coloured. A heavy set.