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331 - RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme – *Le Pornographe*, or a…
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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme – *Le Pornographe*, or an Honest Man’s Thoughts on a Proposed Regulation for Prostitutes, Designed to Prevent the Misfortunes Caused by the Publicisation of Women: with Historical and Explanatory Notes. London, Jean Nourse; The Hague, Gosse Junior, 1770. 8vo, XII, 492 pp., (4) folios inserted between pp. 476 and 477, separate pagination for *Lit-de-justice d’amour* (1–88) but forming pages 389–476 of the work, half-leather. light brown leather, decorated ribbed spine, restored caps, binding partly split. RIVES CHILDS 213 nos. 4 and 5. Dated 1770, an unknown print run by Rives Childs, who describes an edition from that date as identical in every respect except for the addition of pages 477–492 (No. 4). To his knowledge, these appear only in an edition dated 1776 (no. 5). Second edition of *Le Pornographe*, partly original. It contains a new booklet with a separate title: *Lit-de-justice d’amour*, or *The Code of Cythera*. Erotopolis, Harpocrates, Year of the World 7776 (pp. 1–88) – and Supplement to *Le Pornographe* and Continuation of Note [Q] (pp. 477–492). (PA)
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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