Research Catalog

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Title
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana : [prospectus] / translated from the Sanscrit ; in seven parts, with preface, introduction, and concluding remarks.
Author
Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares.
Publication
Cosmopoli [i.e. London?] : for the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, 1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Appointment

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

TextPermit needed Berg Coll Kama Shastra Society K36 1883Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

Details

Additional Authors
  • Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
  • Arbuthnot, Forster Fitzgerald, 1833-1901.
Description
[4] p.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • Vātsyāyana
  • Love
  • Sex
  • Sexual intercourse
  • Sex customs > India
  • India > Social life and customs
Note
  • Caption title.
  • At top of p. [1]: "Only a limited number issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society to members, at the subscription price of £2 10s., bound."
  • A prospectus for The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (1883), with p. [1] the title page of the book, p. [2-3] a description of the book, and p. [4] a specimen page (p. 50 of the printed book).
  • Relates to the translation of: Kāmasūtra.
  • "This so-called Society [Kama Shāstra Society] was formed by Burton and his friend Arbuthnot for the printing of various Eastern works, chiefly of an erotic nature" -- Penzer, p. 161.
  • " ... probably translated by Burton and Arbuthnot ... " -- Byron Farwell in Burton: a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1964 ed., p. 363.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Penzer, N. Burton
Call Number
Berg Coll Kama Shastra Society K36 1883
OCLC
754958271
Author
Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares.
Title
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana : [prospectus] / translated from the Sanscrit ; in seven parts, with preface, introduction, and concluding remarks.
Imprint
Cosmopoli [i.e. London?] : for the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, 1883.
Indexed In:
Penzer, N. Burton, p. 161-166.
Access
Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Connect to:
Request access to this item in the Berg Collection
Added Author
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Translator
Arbuthnot, Forster Fitzgerald, 1833-1901. Translator
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Kama Shastra Society K36 1883
View in Legacy Catalog