AN EROTIC MANUSCRIPT ON THE ART OF LOVE-MAKING
Northern India, mid to late 19th century

AN EROTIC MANUSCRIPT ON THE ART OF LOVE-MAKING

Persian manuscript on lined paper, 93 ff., with 9ll. of black ink naskh script to the page, mostly in regular vertical format and in chalipa diagonal format on several pages, featuring 38 polychrome-painted illustrations of love-making scenes in typical Indian interiors, set within black and blue rules and yellow borders, in a worn brown calf leather binding with tooled rosette band on the borders, the text panel 11.2cm x 5.5cm, the folio 15cm x 8.5cm, Northern India, mid to late 19th century

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Dimensions: the text panel 11.2cm x 5.5cm, the folio 15cm x 8.5cm