This Edition limited to 1000 copies was published at the same date than the usual edition in 2 volumes with yellow cloth cover , The author has recensed the first works of erotic woodcuts & paintings ( 17th & 18 th ) , especially with the first artists in the genre like Monorubu, and Sugimara in 17th and also Kiyonubu & Sukenobu in 18th. ( 1st time that I have got one and present it in auction ) A lot of plates will be shown for the first time in this book ; the author qualified them " Phantom Works " ( about 100 plates ) , There are 322 plates in totality. These are different than the others editions. It's a great work of archievement and we discover a lot of them . The book has never been reprinted ; very scarce to get. Deluxe edition with mauve silk covered. " Shunga " is the Japanese word to describe the study of the Japanese erotic art prints. This limited edition is an anthology of these prints on 17th & 18th century in the two different schools : The most imortant is the Edo ( old word for Tokyo ) and the other one Kamigata ( Osaka & Kyoto). Richard Lane (1926-2002) was the best specialist for Japanese erotic art prints , Historian of arts, and art seller too, he wrote some books about this subject , The conditions stayed very good, an areola on the cover book and another one ( same place ) on the slipcase, small white trace on the cover book, slights bumps on 2 corners, a small scratch on the tape, Inside stayed excellent. Total package over than 2 Kg