16mo (5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.; 130 x 83mm).   Facsimile "taken from an ancient manuscrit [sic] found in Damascus,"  27 handcolored illustrations, most of them erotic.  Dark blue morocco gilt-stamped with Persian floral arabesques, gilt-stamped leather liners; some wear, head of spine chipped.  Burnt orange buckram portfolio.

Minkoff A-14

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Copy 2 of 20 numbered copies.  One of the scarcest of all Black Sun titles.