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TITLE: The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana
AUTHOR: Sir Richard Francis Burton
PUBLISHER: Kama Shastra Society
PLACE: London and Benares
YEAR: 1883
EDITION: Second. Reprint
BINDING: Bound in full vellum with beveled boards and gold ruling to the cover and gilt titles on the spine. deckle edges
NO.OF PAGES: pp. 181 plus a page advertising two other works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society, printed for private circulation only
SIZE:
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 14 cm
Depth: 2 cm

The Kama Shastra Society was formed by Sir Richard Francis Burton and his friend Forster Arbuthnot for the printing of various Eastern works, chiefly of an erotic nature.

See Penzer "An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton" pages 163 to 166. The work was first published in separate parts in 1883 followed in the same year by a second edition in one volume of which Penzer lists 3 further issues. Though all these are dated 1883, Penzer believes that all but the first reprint were published later. This copy corresponds most closely (though not exactly) to the 1st reprint listed by Penzer.