Phantasies of a Love-Thief: The Caurapancasika Attributed to Bilhana - A Critical Edition and Translation of Two Recensions; Studies in Oriental Culture, Number Six
New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 234pp. Deep maroon cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w illustrations. 'Studies in Oriental Culture, Number Six.' The renowned fifty-stanza Indian love poem, with notes, bibliography etc., as well as black and white paintings from a sixteenth century illustrated manuscript. From the publisher: "The Caurapancasika is a series of lyrical verses in which the parted lover evokes his young mistresses beauty and the pleasure of their love in a web of sensuously descriptive words." A few light bumps and light rubbing to lower edges, old NYC Weiser bookshop sticker - otherwise a bright, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, short-top-edge tear to rear panel). Item #51879
ISBN: 0231034512
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