Sexual Life In Ancient India. A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952. Octavo, original boards, dustjacket, pp xv, 592 including index. Pages toned, offsetting to endpapers. Dustjacket worn, with some small chips and tears. Very good condition in like d,j.
First published in England in 1930 in two volumes: this is is the first one volume edition, reprinted from the original two. "[Meyer] deals with the Indian conception of love; the life of woman as maid, wife and widow; sexual relations both in and outside marriage; and the general position of women in social life. The book contains a vast amount of material hitherto unpublished in English, and will be indispensable not only to those interested in the ancient civilization of India, but to all students in that field of anthropology with what it deals." (Dustjacket.). Item #106038
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