Search Results: Erotica from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Paris: H. Geffroy, Imprimerie Charaire et cie 0. Soft cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. 254 p. Fair++ / Good-. On cover and spine some wear. 16mo. 2. of 2. A French erotica.

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople - Istanbul]: Ali Riza Efendi Matbaasi., [AH 1286], 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth bdg. Rebacked spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 143 p. Slight tear on two leaves, wear on extremities of original marbled boards, otherwise a good copy. Early printed edition of this exceedingly rare collection of early Ottoman erotic poems of homosexuality and bisexuality, of the 18th century including the multiple works of Enderunlu Fazil and Sünbülzâde Vehbi. This book includes five works originally: Defter-i ask [i.e. The book of love] (pp. 1-21); Hubannâme [i.e. The book of male lovers] (pp. 22-55); Zenannâme [i.e. The book of beautiful women] (as well as "Çenginâme" of Fazil Bey in Zenannâme, pp. 102-111); and Sevkengiz [i.e. Inspiring] (pp. 112-143). "Defter-i ask" [i.e. The book of love] by Fazil, in… Read More

Istanbul: Kabalci Yayinlari, 2002. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Large Roy. 8vo. (26 x 19.5 cm). 325 p. B/w and color ills. Signed and dedicated by Giovanni Scognamillo. =[Turkish erotic cinema].

Istanbul: Söz Yayinlari, 2006. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). 293 p. This copyright book which is banned in Turkey before is cleared in 1922 thanks to the expert group including also Prince Sabahaddin, Prof. Dr. Duygun Yarsuvat, Prof. Dr. Köksal Bayraktar ve Prof. Dr. Erol Cihan by 2nd Criminal Court. In 2001, 'Itirli Bahçe' was chosen as the name of Turkish pavilion curated by Beral Madra in 49th Venice Biennale. Itirli bahçe. 16. yüzyil Arap seks kitabi. Translator: Nevzat Erkmen.

Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner, 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In French. [xxxviii], 278 p. Les poemes erotiques ou ghazels de Chems ed dîn Mohammed hâfiz en calque rhytmique et avec rime a la Persane. Accompagnes d'une introduction & de notes d'apres le commentaire de Soudî. Les Joyaux de l'Orient Tome II.

Baku: Heydar Aliyev Foundation, 2014. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original bdg. HC. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In Middle-English. 125, [4] p., color ills. Leyli and Majnun. Translated by James Atkinson. Re-Edited with an introduction by L. Clanmer Byng. "The anxieties and stresses of the restless human soul are the central topic of the epic poem Leyli and Majnun - the third of the Khamsa epics, which Nizami wrote in 1188.". Leili and Majnun is a narrative poem composed in 584/1188 by the Persian poet Ne?ami Ganjavi based on a semi-historical Arab story about the 7th century Bedouin poet Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (or Layla al-Aamiriya). Nizami also wrote Khosrow and Shirin in the 12th century, a popular poem praising their love story. t is the third of his five long narrative poems, Panj Ganj (The Five Treasures). Lord Byron called it "the Romeo and Juliet of the East.

Istanbul: Dönence, 1998. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In German. 143 p., color and b/w ills. Sexuelles leben bei den Osmanen. Sexual life in Ottoman society. Bis vor einigen Jahren war das geheimnisvolle Sequalleben der osmanischen Gesellschatf mit Tabu belegt. Allerdings ist es immer noch nich entscheiert. Hinter der Fassade von traditionellen Beziehungen war das Sequalleben der osmanischen Gesellschaft überraschend reich und bunt. Der osmanische Mann war ein guter Kenner jeglicher Art von Schönheit. Natürlich hatte er in der kosmopolitischen Umgebung auch ale Möglichleiten für grenzenlose sexuelle Erfahrungen, da die Verwaltung einen guten Teil Toleranz in sequellen Dingen zulieb. Auf der anderen Seite sehen wir sogar, dab die Erfahrungen, die Frauen Vergnügen bereiteten in gleichem Mabe farbenfroh waren. Hier finden sie einige Kapitel aus dem Reichtum dieser Erfahrungen: - Ein grobes… Read More

Istanbul: Turkish Society of Andrology, 2014. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Large roy. 8vo. (24 x 21 cm). In English. 273, [2] p., color ills. Contents: Ates Kadioglu, Messages from the President of Turkish Society of Andrology; The Editors, How was this book prepared?; Sengul Aydingün, The defication of female sexuality before written history (9000-2000 B.C.); Gaye Sahinbas Erginöz, The Hittites' knowledge of genital anatomy in the light of cuneiform tablets; Muammer Kendirci and Ates Kadioglu, Andrology on the Hittite cuneiform tablets"; Seda Karaöz Arihan, Female sexuality and fertility in ancient Asia Minor; Özgen Acar, Anatolia: The land of the 'Father God'; Muammer Kendirci, Ugur Boylu, Cengiz Miroglu, Andrologic surgery of the 15th century in Cerrhiyyetü'l Haniyye: Deniz Ozden, Human sexuality in Ottonam miniatures; Nil Sari and Bedüzel Zülfikar, Hubanname: The book of male… Read More

Baku: Heydar Aliyev Foundation, 2014. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original bdg. HC. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In Middle-English. 197, [4] p., color ills. The seven beauties; containing the life and adventures of King Bahram Gur and the seven stories told him by his seven queens. [ The Book of Bahram] (Probsthain's Oriental Series Vol. XII). Translated by C. WE. Wilson, B.A. "The fourth of Niami's treasures, The Seven Beauties (1196) has its own special place in the poet's output, due to itss unusual structure, and its social and psychological approach.". Charles Edward Wilson, (1858-1941) began the study of Persian in early youth. First assisted by Jules Mohl, and afterwards by N. de KhanikofF, S. Guyard, and Professor Palmer. From natives of Persia acquired a thorough knowledge of the colloquial. The seven beauties also known as Bahramnameh (The Book of Bahram, referring to the Sasanian king Bahram Gur) is a romantic epic by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi… Read More

Baku: Heydar Aliyev Foundation, 2014. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original bdg. HC. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In Middle-English. 125, [1] p., color ills. The story of the seven princesses. Translated and edited by Dr. R. Gelpke. Previously published in 1976, London. Nizami, the story of the seven princesses, Bruno Cassirer. "The central narrative of the poem concerns seven beauties, from different countries of the known world, who come to take up residence at seven pleasure-palaces built by Shah Bahram.". The story of the seven princesses, the most important part of the 'Haft Paykar' (The seven beauties) by the Azerbaijani poet Nizami (1141-1202) a precious jewel of oriental narrative art, to be compared only with the most beautiful stories out of Thousand and one Nights. On the seven days of one week each tale being of the same magical beauty as the miniatures which illustrate the book. Each of the princesses comes from a different countries, each has been born… Read More