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First Edition "Sexual Life in Ancient China" by R.H. Van Gulik

Item Details

A first edition of Sexual Life in Ancient China by R.H. Van Gulik. This volume is bound in green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt impression to the front cover. The book features a full color frontispiece with black on white illustrations throughout the text. It features a Chinese, Japanese and general index. This first edition features its original dust jacket with a protective transparent cover.

Title and Author/Editor Sexual Life in Ancient China: A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D. (R.H. Van Gulik)
Genre Art and Photography
Binding Hardcover
Publisher or Printer E.J. Brill
Publication Year 1961
Place of Publication Leiden, Netherlands
Number of Books 1

Condition

- wear to cover and dust jacket, tight binding and clean text blocks.

Dimensions

1.25" W x 10.5" H x 8.0" D

Item #

19CIN085-058

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