Dubout - Kama Soutra - 1973

Beautiful numbered and illustrated copy with coquines and humorous color illustrations in and out of the text, including a frontispiece by Dubout, of this bold bibliophilic achievement that pairs the classic Indian text devoted to the art of love and voluptuousness with the satirical and exuberant graphic universe of Dubout -

The text, translated and adapted for Western readers, preserves its dimension as an erotic and philosophical treatise, describing practices, postures and rules of love life, but it is transfigured by Dubout's humorous and caricatured illustration -

Its drawings, teeming, grotesque and full of vitality, divert the seriousness of the text by giving it a burlesque and ironic tone, creating a contrast between ancient wisdom and modern verve -

Dubout - Kama Sutra - SD (circa 1973) - Michèle Trinckvel Editions -
247 pages

Very good condition of the binding, the work in its beautiful skyvertex black publisher's binding gilt titled on the front cover and on the back, under a illustrated slipcase (partially worn), slight signs of wear, gilded head, back with raised bands adorned with a gold engraving -

Very good interior condition, red title, work enriched with beautiful humorous color illustrations in and out of text including a frontispiece by Dubout, red illustrated endpapers, printed on Arjomari-Prioux vellum, this one no. 5301, fresh interior -

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