Dubout - Kama soutra - 1973

Fine, numbered copy 1081 on vellum from Arjomari-Prioux papermakers and illustrated with risqué and humorous color illustrations in-text and out-of-text, including a frontispiece by Dubout, of this bold bibliophilic achievement that brings together the classic Indian text devoted to the art of love and voluptuousness with Dubout's satirical and exuberant graphic universe -

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

Its drawings, teeming, grotesque and full of vitality, divert 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 Editions -
247 Pages.

Very good condition of the binding, the work in its beautiful black skyvertex publisher binding with gold title on the first cover and on the spine, under an illustrated slipcase (with some visible stains), light signs of wear, gilded head edges, spine with raised bands adorned with a gold engraving, gold lettering for the title and author -

Very good interior condition, title in red, the work enriched with beautiful humorous color illustrations in-text and out-of-text including a frontispiece by Dubout, red illustrated endpapers in very good condition, printed on Arjomari-Prioux vellum, this copy no. 1081/6000, fresh interior, a handsome copy -

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