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an old brown leather book sitting on top of a wooden tablean open book with arabic writing on it sitting on a tablean open book with arabic writing on it sitting on top of a tablean open book with a picture of a woman sitting on a rugan open book with a picture of a woman sitting on a rugan open book with a picture of a man kneeling on a rugan open book with a picture of a man and a woman sitting on a rugan open book with a picture of a man and a woman on it
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Estimate €80 - €130
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Description
[Curiosa] A medieval Indian treatise on love and sexuality, and married life, translated into Urdu and widely circulated in Pakistan and northern India in the 20th century, published in Lahore. An 8vo booklet bound in soft, unmarked full sheepskin, with a reinforced spine; 64 pages illustrated with 10 full-page, colour erotic Persian miniatures; minor adhesive restoration on the last leaf. An Indo-Persian adaptation of the Kama Sutra, an illustrated Urdu treatise on the art of love. Expert: Cabinet Valleriaux [email protected] Please request condition reports: these are not included in the descriptions.
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About the sale I – Antique books: Literature – Illustrated works – Costumes – Paris.
Auction location
Auction time 09/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 6053 - 35
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