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Maître Paul PASTAUD

1136 - RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). Monsieur Nicolas, or T…
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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). Monsieur Nicolas, or The Human Heart Unveiled. Intimate Memoirs of Restif de La Bretonne. Reprinted from the single, extremely rare edition published by the author himself in 1796. Paris, Isidore Liseux [Charles Unsinger], 1883. 14 volumes in 7 substantial in-12 volumes, blue Bradel half-percaline, title labels, covers and spine preserved (modern binding). The first attempt at a complete reproduction of *Monsieur Nicolas*, albeit with a few alterations: this edition omits *La Morale, la religion et la politique*, whilst retaining the section entitled *Mes ouvrages* (volume XIV). I. X pp., 248 pp., [2] ff., 234 pp. – II. [2] ff., 232 pp., [2] ff., 256 pp. – III. [2] folios, 256 pp., [2] folios, 264 pp. – IV. [2] folios, 256 pp., [2] folios, 256 pp. - V. [2] folios, 254 pp., [2] folios, 256 pp. - VI. [2] folios, 270 pp., [2] folios, 238 pp., [1] folio. - VII. [2] folios, 320 pp., 228 pp., with an etched frontispiece portrait. (Not listed in Cioranescu. Rives Childs XLIV-2.) Handwritten bookplate by Chevigné.
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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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