Sexual life in ancient China. A preliminary survey of Chinese sex and society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D.

by R. H. Van Gulik

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First edition

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1961. First edition, 4to, pp. xvii, 1 , 392; 22 plates and 22 illustrations in the text; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in gilt on spine, in a near fine dust jacket showing very slight wear. Evers, p. 19: An enlarged version of Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period stressing the broader sociological and historical background. The realistic prints have been omitted and erotic passages put in Latin, so that the book could be

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