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Eastern love : English versions

Title

Eastern love : English versions / by E. Powys Mathers ; illustrations by Franz Felix.

Format

Book

Published

New York : Horace Liveright, 1930.

Description

3 v. : 16 ill. ; 25 cm.

Other contributors

Mathers, E. Powys (Edward Powys), 1892-1939. Felix, Franz, 1892-

Notes

Mather's translation from various French translations of Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, etc. texts. V. 3 includes terminal essays by Mathers on the works. Poetry. Short stories. Anthology. "This edition of Eastern Love is strictly limited to 1500 numbered copies, issued only for subscribers ... This copy is number 708."

Contents

• v. 1. The lessons of a bawd / Damodaragupta. The harlot's breviary / Kshemandra. The book of women / Fazil-bey. The education of wives. The young wives' tale / Amor ben Amar. Tales of Fez
• v. 2. The loves of Rā dhā and Krishna / Chandīdāsa. Amores of Mayūra and Amaru. Love stories and gallant tales from China. Comrade loves of the samurai. Songs of the geishas. Ninety short tales
• v. 3. The loves of D-̄asīn and Musa-ag-Amāstān. Camel-boy rhythms. Love tales of Cambodia. Songs of the love nights of Lao. Anthology of Eastern love. Terminal essays / E. Powys Mathers.

References

Mansell, NE0330367. BM, v. 155, col. 363.

Kinsey subjects

Social conditions--Asia. Status of women--Asia. Love. Prostitution. Marriage.

Subject headings

Asia.