Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period
Häftad bok. First reprint uppl. 1989.
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Förlagsny.
Reprint edition. Published ca. 1989. A faithful reproduction of the renowned polyglot and Sinologist's groundbreaking scholarly study, originally privately published in Tokyo in 1951. Includes all parts of the now-completely inaccessible original. Contents as follows: Historical Survey of Erotic Literature, Historical Survey of Erotic Pictures (addressing Ming period erotic paintings, book illustrations and colour prints), Annotated Translation of the Hua-Ying Chin-Chen (a Ming period, 24 page erotic album from the author's collection), an appendix, Chinese Terminology of Sex, a facsimile reproduction of the Hua-Ying Chin-Chen struck from the original woodblock plates, also in van Gulik's collection, and finally a Chinese rendering of van Gulik's text. Parts variously paginated: xv, [13]. 243, 50, 216, [iv] pp.; including 6 col. and 18 b&w plates. Size: 23 x 17 cm.
