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1127 - RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme).
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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). The Works of Restif de La Bretonne. Text and bibliography [notes] compiled by Henri Bachelin. Paris, Éditions du Trianon, 1930–1932. 9 vols. in square 8vo, with 49 plates, red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt heads, covers and spine preserved (modern binding). One of 100 copies printed on Rives vellum, numbered at the press (103/125), the second-highest quality paper after 25 Annam. This collected edition includes only *La Vie de mon père* in its entirety; the other works are presented only in excerpts, with some even omitted entirely. In the absence of a complete edition of the author’s works, it nevertheless remains the sole comprehensive reference. I. *Les Nuits de Paris*. *La Semaine nocturne*. *Vingt nuits de Paris*. Six original copperplate engravings and a woodcut portrait by Gérard Cochet: XLIII pp., 396 pp., with 7 plates, including a frontispiece portrait. – II. *Les Contemporaines*. Followed by *Les Françaises*, *Les Parisiennes*, *Le Palais-Royal*, *L’Année des dames nationales*. Original copperplate engravings by Gaston Goor: 489 pp., [1] f., with 6 plates. - III. *Le Pornographe*. Followed by *La Mimographe*, *Les Gynographes*, *Le Thesmographe*, *Le Nouvel Abeilard*, *Le Nouvel Émile*, *Philosophie de Monsieur Nicolas*, *Les Posthumes*. Original copperplate engravings by Georges Ripart: 450 pp., [1] f., with 6 plates in two versions (in colour / in black and white). - IV. The Life of My Father. Followed by *Lucile*, *Le Pied de Fanchette*, *La Fille naturelle*, *Adèle de C****. Original copperplate engravings by Gaston Nick: 512 pp., [1] f., with 7 plates in two states (colour / black and white), except for plate 4 (which appears only in black and white). - V. The Parisian Household. Followed by The Unfaithful Wife, Ingénue Saxancour. Original copperplate engravings by Carlo Farnetti: 498 pp., [2] ff., with 6 insert plates in two versions (colour / black and white). - VI. *Le Paysan et la paysanne pervertis*. Original copperplate engravings by Pierre Gandon: 483 pp., [2] ff., with 6 plates in two states (colour / black and white). - VII–VIII. Monsieur Nicolas, or The Human Heart Unveiled. Original copperplate engravings by P. Dubreuil and P. Noël: 486 pp., [2] ff.; 427 pp., [2] ff., with 10 plates in two states (colour / black and white). – IX. My Calendar. Followed by Morality, Religion, Politics, My Works. Frontispiece by Pierre Gandon: 295 pp., [1] f., with several illustrations in the text and a frontispiece printed in bistre. (Cioranescu, XVIII, 52 624. Rives Child, p. 347, no. 8.) A fine copy.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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