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73 - RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE: *Le Quadragenaire, or The Age of Reno…
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Estimate CHF 300 - CHF 500
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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE: *Le Quadragenaire, or The Age of Renouncing Passions: Stories Useful to Many a Reader*. Geneva. Also available in Paris from the Duchêne Widow, 1777; 2 volumes in 12°, 244, 244 and 6 folios from the author’s catalogue of works, in half-calf with gold decoration. 19th-century binding. A rare first edition, illustrated with 15 engraved plates, of which only the first two are signed.
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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