Perfumed Garden V7

The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight has a bad reputation and a tattered history. For over a century, it has been known in English through Sir Richard Burton's bizarre translation (from the French) which consistently elaborated and misinterpreted the original. If ever a book needed demystifying, it is this one. Although remarkably lewd at times, it does not linger over details nor does it contrive to excite. It does not, therefore, qualify as pornography. In fact, The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight is nothing more than a manual for the ordinary married man of its author's time and place - Tunisia, in the early part of the 15th century - but one that is not without some entertainment value. The present translation is not only the first, published English version to be based upon an established Arabic text, but also the first to be translated directly from the original Arabic at all. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi

Part 1 The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight; Chapter 1 The Man of Quality; Chapter 2 The Woman of Quality; Chapter 3 The Repulsive Man; Chapter 4 The Repulsive Woman; Chapter 5 Sexual Intercourse; Chapter 6 Sexual Technique; Chapter 7 The Harmful Effects of Intercourse; Chapter 8 Names for the Penis; Chapter 9 Names for the Vulva; Chapter 10 The Members of Animals; Chapter 11 Women's Tricks; Chapter 12 Questions & Answers for Men & Women; Chapter 13 The Causes & Stimulation of Sexual Desire; Chapter 14 Remarks on Female Sterility & Methods of Treatment; Chapter 15 The Causes of Male Sterility; Chapter 16 Ways to Provoke Miscarriage; Chapter 17 Treatment for Three Types of Erection Problem; Chapter 18 How to Enlarge & Expand the Smaller Penis; Chapter 19 How to Remove Underarm & Vaginal Odour & Tighten the Vagina; Chapter 20 The Symptoms of Pregnancy & How to Determine the Sex of the Unborn Child; Chapter 21 The Benefits of Eggs & Sexually Stimulating Beverages;