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The perfumed garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi /

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The Perfumed Garden is an Islamic sex manual, similar to the Hindu Kama Sutra. The full title of the book is The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight, believed to have been written between 1410 and 1434.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nafzāwī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad (Author)
Other Authors: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : Connoisseur Publishing Company, [between 1960 and 1969?]
Series:Classics library (Cleveland, Ohio) ; no. 1.
Subjects:
Sex instruction > Early works to 1800.
Erotic literature > Early works to 1800.
Erotic literature, Arabic > Translations into English.
Littérature érotique.
Description
Summary:The Perfumed Garden is an Islamic sex manual, similar to the Hindu Kama Sutra. The full title of the book is The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight, believed to have been written between 1410 and 1434.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:176 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm