Ladhdhat al-nisa (Lazzat-un-nissa / Flavours of Women)Central or North India, early to mid-19th century, A Persian treatise on love based on a Sanskrit work, the Koka Shastra, 58ff. Persian manuscript on paper, with 36 illustrations of lovemaking positions, 4 further illustrations, opening folio with polychrome decorated header, in brown morocco binding with tooled floral central medallion and spandrels, folio 15.4 x 9.6cm.. A copy of this popular erotic work is in the British Library, dated AH 1211/1796-97 AD (Add MS 17489). Please refer to department for condition report