Dubout - Kama Soutra - 1973

Copy number 3982 on Arjomari-Prioux vellum, illustrated with coquines and humorous color illustrations both within and outside the text, including a frontispiece by Dubout, of this bold bibliophilic achievement that marries the classic Indian treatise on the art of love and voluptuousness with the satirical and exuberant graphic world of Dubout.

The text, translated and adapted for a Western readership, 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 caricatural illustrations.

His drawings, abundant, grotesque, and full of vitality, subvert the seriousness of the text, giving it a burlesque and ironic tone, creating a contrast between ancient wisdom and modern verve.

Dubout - Kama Sutra - 1973 - Michèle Trinckvel -
247 pages,

Very good condition of the binding, the work in its beautiful publisher’s black leather binding with gold tooling on the front board and spine, housed in a partially worn, illustrated rigid case, light signs of use, gilded head edges, spine with gold-embossed raised bands and gold title and author name.

Very good interior condition, red title, enriched with beautiful humorous color illustrations both within and outside the text, including a frontispiece by Dubout; red endpapers in very good condition; printed on Arjomari-Prioux vellum, this copy no. 3982/6000; interior fresh, a fine copy.

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