Le Paysan et la Paysane Pervertis; ou les Dangers de la Ville
by Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Edme
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Hague, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. Binet. 4 volumes in later half morocco over marbled boards. First collected edition of La Paysan and La Paysane Pervertis completely reset and edited - dated 1784 but did not appear until 1787. 16 parts in 4 volumes complete with 120 plates. Quite clean internally, a few tiny tears in the outer margin. 542pp; 536pp; 552pp; 550pp with the two page stock list at the end of volume 4.
"Rare and almost never found with the full suite of [120] engravings" Bibliographie et iconographie de tous les ouvrages de Restif de la Bretonne, 250. Le Paysan Pervertis had been published in 1775, La Paysane in 1784 - this brings the two together for the first time. They are erotic novels with a moral compass - in contrast, at least notionally, to de Sade's Justine (which de la Bretonne opposed with his novel Anti-Justine in 1798) or Juliette. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Illustrator: Binet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Erotica. Inventory No: 046741.
"Rare and almost never found with the full suite of [120] engravings" Bibliographie et iconographie de tous les ouvrages de Restif de la Bretonne, 250. Le Paysan Pervertis had been published in 1775, La Paysane in 1784 - this brings the two together for the first time. They are erotic novels with a moral compass - in contrast, at least notionally, to de Sade's Justine (which de la Bretonne opposed with his novel Anti-Justine in 1798) or Juliette. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Illustrator: Binet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Erotica. Inventory No: 046741.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046741
- Title
- Le Paysan et la Paysane Pervertis; ou les Dangers de la Ville
- Author
- Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Edme
- Illustrator
- Binet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Hague
- Date Published
- 1784
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Erotica. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Morocco
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