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         Burton Richard Francis:     more books (47)
  1. The Kascircidah (couplets) of Hcircajcirci Abdcircu al-Y by Burton. Richard Francis. Sir. 1821-1890., 1894-01-01
  2. Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to el Medinah and Meccah. by Burton. Richard Francis. Sir. 1821-1890., 1857-01-01
  3. Goa. and the Blue Mountains. or. Six months of sick leave By Ric by Burton. Richard Francis. Sir. 1821-1890., 1851-01-01
  4. A mission to Gelele. king of Dahome. With notices of the so call by Burton. Richard Francis. Sir. 1821-1890., 1864-01-01
  5. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina by Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Burton, 1874
  6. Minor Writings of Sir Richard Burton. Part One. Writings to The Times by Richard Francis, 1821-1890 Burton, 1999
  7. Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard by Richard Francis, 1821-1890 Burton, 1967
  8. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West by Edward Rice, 1991-04
  9. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West by Edward Rice, 1990-05-14
  10. Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa: Four Lectures from a Huntington Library Manuscript by Sir Richard Burton, 1990-01-01
  11. The Collector of Worlds: A Novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton by Iliya Troyanov, 2009-04-01
  12. Burton and Speke: A Novel about the Great African Explorers by William Harrison, 1982-09
  13. Sindh Revisited: A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton 1842-1849 : The India Years by Christopher Ondaatje, 1996-05
  14. The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by Fawn M. Brodie, 1984-07-17

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Astrocartography of Sir Richard Burton's Least-aspected Venus
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton

In Search of the Source of the Nile

A Journey to Mecca: In Praise of Richard F. Burton
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Sir Richard Francis Burton & General Charles "Chinese" Gordon

Miscellaneous Cultural and Social History of the Victorian Age General Charles "Chinese" Gordon Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians Norton Topics Online: The Victorian Age (1830-1901) ... Philip Christopher Ondaatje

22. Travellers Accounts - Central Africa
DT401 .B97 1966 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890. First footsteps inEast Africa. DT435 .B9 1967 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
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History 381 - Primary Documents at Cal Poly Travellers Accounts - Central Africa
Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894. Across Africa. By Verney Lovett Cameron.
Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903.
Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people ... By Paul B. Du Chaillu ...
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900.
Monteiro, Joachim John. Angola and the River Congo.
Norden, Hermann. Fresh tracks in the Belgian Congo from the Uganda border to the mouth of the Congo, by Hermann Norden ... with 57 photographs and two maps.
Richardson, James, 1806-1851.
Narrative of a mission to central Africa performed in the years 1850-51 under the orders and at the expense of Her Majesty's Government.
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.
The story of Emin's rescue as told in Stanley's letters. Edited by J. Scott Keltie. Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. In darkest Africa; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria, Henry M. Stanley...With one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations and maps... Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904. How I found Livingstone

23. Washington State University Library Instruction - Freshman Seminar Program - FS
Burton, Sir Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, Sir,1821-1890JourneysIndia. Sex CustomsGreat BritainHistory19th Century.
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WSU Library Instruction
Freshman Seminar 26
Library Resources on the Kama Sutra, Sir Richard Burton, and Victorian England
Your FS Librarian Books Reference Resources Finding Articles ... More Help Your FS Librarian This page was prepared by Lou Vyhnanek , your Freshman Seminar librarian. Please contact him if you have any questions. Return to top
Books
Use Griffin to locate books about the Kama Sutra, Richard Burton, and the social and sexual history of Victorian England. Some of the subject headings you may find useful include: Erotic LiteratureIndia Great BritainSocial Conditions19th Century Burton, Sir Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Burton, Sir Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890JourneysIndia Sex CustomsGreat BritainHistory19th Century Return to top Reference Resources Daily Life in Victorian England Dictionary of Literary Biography ; see volumes 55, 166, and 184 Encyclopedia of Ancient Indian Culture ; look under Vatsyayana An Encyclopedia of Indian Literature Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Return to top Article Indexes Use article indexes to locate articles on the Kama Sutra and Sir Richard Burton. Among the indexes that may be of use are:

24. Sackler Library Accessions: Ancient Near East, September 2002.
1959, c1950. Burton , Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890. Love, war Kimber,1964. Burton , Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Personal narrative
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/gri/6ne0209.html
GRIFFITH RECENT ACQUISITIONS ANCIENT NEAR EAST SEPTEMBER 2002 Bachmann, H. G. Metallurgica Antiqua : in honour of Hans- Gert Bachmann and Robert Maddin Anschnitt Beiheft Bochum : Deutsches Bergbau -Museum, 1998. 3921533600 Bell , Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 Amurath to Amurath London Heinemann, 1911. Bell , Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 The letters of Gertrude Bell London Ernest Benn, 1927. Bierling , Neal Philistines : Giving Goliath his due Marco Polo monographs Warren Center Pa Shangri-la Publications, 2002. 09714683460971468354 Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915- The devil drives : a life of Sir Richard Burton London Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926 , [3d ed.] London A. and C. Black, [1959, c1950] Burton , Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Love, war and fancy : the customs and manners of the East, from writings on the Arabian nights by Sir Richard Burton London : W. Kimber, [1964]. Burton , Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Bohn's popular library London Byron, Robert, 1905-1941 The road to Oxiana Picador travel classics Pan Books : London 0330264451 (pbk.)

25. Brooklyn Public Library /All Locations
Author, Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890. Subject, Burton, RichardFrancis, Sir, 1821-1890 Journeys Saudi Arabia Medina.
http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org:90/kids/10,505,585,607/search/dSomalia/
KEYWORD AUTHOR TITLE SUBJECT Author Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Title Sir Richard Burton's travels in Arabia and Africa : four lectures from a Huntington Library manuscript / edited by John Hayman. Pub info San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, c1990. LOCATION CALL # STATUS Central Non-Fic q915.3804 B CHECK SHELVES Central Non-Fic q915.3804 B CHECK SHELVES Call # q915.3804 B Descript Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references. Subject Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Journeys Saudi Arabia Medina. Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Journeys Saudi Arabia Mecca. Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Journeys Somalia. Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Journeys Benin. ... Benin Description and travel. Add author Hayman, John, 1935- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. ISBN

26. Other Explorers Of Africa
Sir Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Francis Burton (18211890), was a Britishexplorer and language expert who became famous for his travels in Africa and
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Mary Henrietta Kingsley Mungo Park Sir Samuel White Baker Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), was an English explorer of Africa. He became known as an expert on Egypt and Sudan chiefly through his two books, The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile (1866) and The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia (1867). He also wrote popular books on hunting and nature. Baker was born in London. During the late 1850's and early 1860's, he and Florence von Sass, whom he later married, explored the region of the White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Atbara River in Africa. On March 14, 1864, Baker and his party found a great lake. The lake, which he named Albert Nyanza (now also called Lake Albert), lies between Uganda and Congo (Kinshasa) and is an important source of the Nile River. Baker was knighted in 1866. In 1869, Ismail Pasha, the ruler of Egypt, appointed him as governor general of Sudan, which was then controlled by Egypt. Ismail told Baker to eliminate the slave trade. Baker added new territory in Sudan for Egypt and defeated some prominent slave traders but failed to stop the slave trade. He returned to England in 1873.

27. ALMISBAH: Languages And Literatures: Languages And Literatures In Arabic Countri
Keywords, Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890; arabian nights; arabicliterature; fairy tales; online publications; translations, DETAILS.
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1. The Arabian Nights Source Type Single Articles / Books URL http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ags/ti/personen/mfreeric/m/an/a_index.html Keywords Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; arabian nights; arabic literature; fairy tales; online publications; translations DETAILS Contents Clarity Index Links 2. Arabian Nights : Alf Laylah wa Laylah Source Type Single Articles / Books URL http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/arabnit.htm Keywords arabic literature; arabian nights; fairy tales; online publications; translations; Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 DETAILS Contents Clarity Index Links 3. Arabic Literature Source Type Topical Websites URL http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/arablit.htm Keywords arabic literature; arabic poetry; online publications; poems; links DETAILS Contents Clarity Index Links 4. The Book of the Thousand and One Nights (The History of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments") Source Type Topical Websites URL http://www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk/arabian.htm

28. Sir Richard F. Burton On The Web
Format of data, text/html. Keywords, Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890;biography; online articles; links; travel; Middle East; explorers.
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Bibliographic Data Title Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web Editor Spalding, Tim Distributor isidore-of-seville.com, Cambridge (MA), US Language English Country (Server) United States of America Format of data text/html Keywords Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; biography; online articles; links; travel; Middle East; explorers Description "On this site you will find over 130 links, including biographies, selections from his works, academic articles, images and so forth." URL http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/burton/ Classification Source Type Websites of / dedicated to Scholars, Personalities, Professionals SSGC Arab World, Near and Middle East: Geography, Travel BK Date DCq.Date.Modified Availability Access free Restrictions none Evaluation Contents Clarity Index Links Level popular; undergraduate; graduate; professional Statistics
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29. Discoverers Web Alphabetical List B
Richard Burton (England, 18211890) 1853 Joins the pilgrimage to Mecca. Doomed Explorers- Sir Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Burton Captain Sir Richard
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George Back (England, 1796-1878)
1819-1822: With Richardson and Franklin, explores the Canadian Arctic coast from the mouth of the Coppermine to Bathurst Inlet. - timeline
1825-1827: With Richardson and Franklin, follows the Canadian coast from the mouth of the Mackenzie to Cape Beechey. - timeline
1833-1835: Discovers the Great Fish River (Back), and follows it to the sea. - timeline
William Baffin (England, 1584-1622)
1615: With Bylot, explores the northern Hudson Bay, and concludes that it does not provide a northwest passage.
1616: With Bylot, maps Davis Strait and Baffin Bay looking for the northwest passage.
Sir Samuel White Baker (England, 1821-1893)
1861-1864: With his wife, Florence Baker , travels up the Nile and discovers Lake Albert.
1869-1873: Governor of Sudan for the khedive of Egypt. Leads a military campaign against slave traders on the upper Nile.
Seekers of the Source
Samuel White Baker: The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs
Samuel White Baker: Eight Years' Wanderings In Ceylon
(Spain, 1475?-1519)

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31. Letters From The Battle-fields Of Paraguay. (in MARION)
By Captain Richard F. Burton. Author Burton, Richard Francis, Sir,18211890. Published London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870. Subject
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Letters from the battle-fields of Paraguay.
Title:
Author:
Published:
  • London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870.
Subject:
Material:
  • 1 p l., xix, 491 p. front., fold. map. 23 cm.
Note:
  • Added t.p., engr.
  • Letters dated Aug. 11, 1868-Apr. 21, 1869.
LC Card no:
  • System ID no:
    • ABZ-1434
    Holdings:
    CLEVELAND/History Storage
    • CALL NUMBER: 489.8 B956l Reference NonCirculating
  • Data on this system is ©Board of Trustees, Cleveland Public Library.

    32. HyperDic, Online English Dictionary > Burton
    with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (18211890). Broader SynonymsRichard Burton; Sir Richard Burton; Sir Richard Francis Burton.
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  • person English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890). person Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984). food A strong dark English ale.
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    Meaning:
    English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890).
    Broader:
    Synonyms:
    • Richard Burton Sir Richard Burton Sir Richard Francis Burton
    Burton Senses person
    Meaning:
    Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984).
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    Burton Senses food
    Meaning:
    A strong dark English ale.

    33. The Life Story Of Sir. Burton
    Burton, Sir Richard Francis (18211890), British explorer, linguist, and studentof Asian cultures, one of the most famous mid-19th century European explorers
    http://www.empereur.com/burton.html
    The Life Story of Sir. Burton
    Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890), British explorer, linguist, and student of Asian cultures, one of the most famous mid-19th century European explorers of Africa. He is also known for his definitive translation of stories known under the title Arabian Nights and for his valuable travel literature on western Asia, Africa, and South America. Burton was born in Torquay, England, to an English army officer and his wealthy wife, the latter rumored to be descended from the French Bourbon kings. He was reared in France, England, and Italy and educated haphazardly along the way by tutors until he entered Trinity College, University of Oxford, in 1840. A headstrong young man, Burton preferred to study subjects that interested him-such as Arabic, philosophy, and mysticism-rather than the subjects in the standard curriculum. He was expelled from Oxford in 1842. II.TRAVELS IN ASIA AND ARABIA Deeply interested in Asian life and languages, Burton joined the army of the English East India Company in 1842 and served in Sind (what is now southern Pakistan) for seven years. During this time he traveled in Pakistan and western India, mixed with local people (sometimes passing as Asian in bazaars), and became increasingly familiar with local customs and proficient in several local languages as well as Persian and Arabic. These experiences set the stage for Burton’s pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in 1853, which he made in the disguise of an Afghan physician. Burton became one of the first non-Muslims to enter Mecca. He sketched the central shrine, the Kaaba, and participated in all the rituals associated with the pilgrimage without being detected. These travels-which Burton described vividly in Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (1855)-brought him fame throughout Europe.

    34. Records For Tull, Patrick. (in MARION)
    Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 18211890. Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca audio cassette excerpts / Sir Richard Francis Burton.
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    35. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
    Sir Richard Francis Burton (18211890). A fencer in college, I becameinterested in the history of the sport, and in my research
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    Sir Richard Francis Burton
    A fencer in college, I became interested in the history of the sport, and in my research I discovered a man reputed to be one of the greatest fencers of the 19th century: Sir Richard Francis Burton . In subsequent reading I discovered, in my opinion, the most fascinating person of that or any other century. His swordsmanship was incidental; Burton was foremost an explorer, Orientalist, anthropologist, linguist, translator, author, and scholar. He was a man of immense learning and erudition and possessed remarkable physical charisma. It was written he had dark, "questing panther eyes" (that he used at times to hypnotize women) and a physique like a prize fighter, with broad shoulders and a deep-chested, often sardonic, sometimes sad laugh. How could one not love someone who, when frustrated by the attempts of his parents to make him learn the violin, smashed the instrument over the head of his teacher? Who became known as "Ruffian Dick" for challenging his classmates to duels ? Who preferred to spend his time with gypsies and prostitutes than with his fellow students? At Oxford Burton showed a marked lack of respect for most of his dons, who lacked his expertise and genius for languages. "I am among grocers!" he wrote home to his mother. (Of course, he used the French

    36. The Thousand Nights And A Night
    this Translation. Sir Richard Francis Burton (18211890) To the pureall things are pure (Puris omnia pura) - Arab Proverb. Niuna
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    THE BOOK OF THE
    THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
    A Plain and Literal Translation
    of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Translated and Annotated by
    Richard F. Burton VOLUME ONE
    Inscribed to the Memory
    of
    My Lamented Friend
    John Frederick Steinhaeuser,
    (Civil Surgeon, Aden)
    who
    A Quarter of a Century Ago Assisted Me in this Translation. "To the pure all things are pure" (Puris omnia pura) - Arab Proverb. "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole." - "Decameron" - conclusion. "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto. Brute! reced, leget. - Martial. "Miculx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes." - Rabelais. "The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand and One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions." - Crichton's "History of Arabia."
    Contents of the First Volume
    Introduction Story Of King Shahryar and His Brother a. Tale of the Bull and the Ass 1. Tale of the Trader and the Jinni ... Footnotes [Burton, Richard F. "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1."

    37. BrothersJudd.com - Review Of Philip Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go
    Science Fiction Fantasy Bookrelated and General Links -Arabian Nights (etext)-Doomed Explorers Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) -The Sir Richard
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    The central conceit of Farmer's Hugo Award Winner is that everyone who ever lived on Earth is resurrected along the banks of a river on a mysterious world. One of the first people to understand their predicament and take action is the linguist, explorer, translator Sir Richard Francis Burton. Along with Alice Hargreaves (of Alice in Wonderland fame), a Neanderthal named Kazz , an alien from Tau Centauri named Monat Grrautut (who precipitated the Apocalypse that destroyed Earth in 2008) and others found along the way, Burton sets off upriver to try to figure out why they've been brought to this place. But when they figure out that The River may be 20 million miles long and then they are captured by Herman Goring and a band of Ancient Romans, things get even more complicated.
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    38. BrothersJudd.com - Review Of Sir Richard Burton's The Arabian Nights' Entertainm
    The Arabian Nights' Entertainments or the Book of a Thousand Nights anda Night (1885). Author Info Sir Richard Francis Burton 18211890
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    I've mentioned previously my fascination with the great explorer, author, ethnographer, translator, etc., Richard Francis Burton [see Orrin's review of To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip Jose Farmer (Grade: B+) ], but I had never actually gotten around to reading his translation of the Arabian Nights . I don't think I'd ever even comprehended the framing device that gives the book its name until I read John Barth's Chimera , a modern riff on the ancient tales. Heck, I think all I really knew of the Tales was the same as most American kids: (1) the really cheesy Sinbad cartoon, where cinching his belt gave him extraordinary powers; (2) the even cheesier Ray Harryhausen stop-action films like Golden Voyage of Sinbad ; (3) and, I suppose I Dream of Jeannie seemed to be related to the stories somehow. But upon reading the stories, they turn out to be great fun and the set up is quite ingenious. King Shahryar and his brother are both cuckolded by their wiveswhom they slice and dice along with their "blackamoor" lovers. Already prey to understandable doubts about the fidelity of women, they set out to find a man less fortunate than themselves:

    39. ARABIAN NIGHTS, Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night [Benares
    Still, a fine set.Sir Richard Francis Burton (18211890) gained internationalfame and respect as an explorer and writer of travel books.
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    40. Kama Sutra And Tantra
    Sir Richard Francis Burton (18211890), the famous Victorian orientalist andtraveler, kept an Indian girl as his mistress during his stay in India.
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    KAMA SUTRA AND TANTRA
    (extracted from " Spiritual Sex : Secrets of Tantra from the Ice Age to the New Millennium Woman on Top . Terracotta, Gupta-period,
    Northern India. Circa 5th century. VATSYAYANA'S CONTRIBUTION
    The Kama Sutra , is the earliest surviving example of a written Hindu love-manual. It was compiled by the Indian sage Vatsyayana sometime between the second and fourth centuries A.C.E. His work was based on earlier Kama Shastras or "Rules of Love" going back to at least the seventh century B.C.E., and is a compendium of the social norms and love-customs of patriarchal Northern India around the time he lived.
    Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is valuable today for his psychological insights into the interactions and scenarios of love, and for his structured approach to the many diverse situations he describes. He defines different types of men and women, matching what he terms "equal" unions, and gives detailed descriptions of many love-postures.
    The Kama Sutra was written for the wealthy male city-dweller. It is not, and was never intended to be, a lover's guide for the masses, nor is it a "Tantric love-manual." About three hundred years after the

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