Dreams of Spring: Erotic Art in China From the Bertholet Collection

Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG. A red casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white down a red spine. Pages: (7), 8-207, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Spring Palace Paintings -- The Rites of Spring -- Yin and Yang -- Taoism and Sex -- The Art of the Bedroom -- What the Yellow Emperor had to Learn -- The Nine Ways -- Early Erotic Painting -- The Rise of Erotic Romance -- The Golden Period of the Late Ming -- The Great Novels -- The Carnal Prayer Mat -- Some Characteristics -- Tenderness -- Humour -- Dongxuan zi: The Thirty Methods -- The Albums -- In Search of the Elixir -- Strange and Remarkable Love Scenes from the Ming Dynasty -- Episodes from Rouputuan (The Carnal Prayer Mat) -- Spring Flowers and Autumn Moons -- The Garden of Delights -- The Joys of Forbidden Love -- Romance in Beautiful Scenery -- Delights of a Young Scholar -- Scenes from Jinpingmei (Golden Lotus) -- The Secret Meeting -- Visions of Traditional Sex Life -- Love and Laughter in the Rich Man's Mansion -- Renderings of Ancient Times -- Happy Days at the Courtesans' House -- The Comedy of Sex -- Decadence and Debauchery -- Inlaid Boxes and Painted Silk Covers -- Imitations of Ancient Erotic Art -- Rice Paper Paintings -- Naughty Stories from the Golden Time of Romance -- Male and Female Homosexuality -- A Brothel in Shanghai -- Shanghai in the 1920s -- Popular Scrolls.