BURTON, Richard F. SA'DI. The Gulistan or Rose Garden.... Benares, 1888. 8o. Original vellum, uncut. Provenance: F.E. Sotheby (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, first issue, with the year of publication in gilt at foot of spine. Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for private subscribers only. Penzer p. 177.

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BURTON, Richard F. SA'DI. The Gulistan or Rose Garden.... Benares, 1888. 8o. Original vellum, uncut. Provenance: F.E. Sotheby (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, first issue, with the year of publication in gilt at foot of spine. Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for private subscribers only. Penzer p. 177.

[With:] JAMI. The Beharistan (Abode of Spring). Benares, 1887. 8o. Original vellum. -- Ananga-Ranga, (Stage of the Bodiles one) or, the Hindu Art of Love. Cosmopoli, 1885. 8o. Contemporary vellum. Penzer 171. -- The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui. A Manual of Arabian Erotology (XVI. Century). Revised and Corrected Translation. Cosmopoli: 1886. Original vellum. Penzer p.173. Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London, 1870. 8o. Later red half morocco gilt. Provenance: Fred J. de Witt (bookplate). -- The Kasndah (couplets) of Hbjn Al-Yazdi... London, 1900. (6)

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