Nicolas-Edme RESTIF de LA BRETONNE. *The Corrupted Peasant, - Lot 168

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Nicolas-Edme RESTIF de LA BRETONNE. *The Corrupted Peasant, - Lot 168
Nicolas-Edme RESTIF de LA BRETONNE. *The Corrupted Peasant, or The Dangers of the City*… The Hague and Paris, Esprit, 1776. 8 parts in 4 volumes. - *The Corrupted Peasant Woman*. Ibid., Duchesne, 1784. 8 parts in 4 volumes. - *Illustrations from *The Corrupted Peasant*… and *The Corrupted Peasant Woman**. No place, no date (1783–1785). One volume. Set of 9 in-12 volumes, porphyry sheepskin, double fillet, smooth, decorated spines (contemporary binding). Lacroix, no. 5, p. 131 / no. 1, p. 224 / 233 /// I. VIII-304 / II. 312 / III. 304 / IV. 293-(1f.) /// I. 344 / II. 320 (incorrectly numbered 220) / III. 320 / IV. 344–[CLXIX] to CCXLIV/ (Review of the author’s works)-(6f.) /// LXXII (with a leaf XV–XVI for figure No. III bis). A pirated edition of *Le Paysan perverti*, about which Restif complained, but which he himself likely had printed in 1784 and dated 1776. *La Paysanne pervertie* is a first edition. 120 illustrations (82 for *Le Paysan perverti* and 38 for *La Paysanne pervertie*) by Binet, engraved by Berthet, Giraud Le Jeune, and Leroy. A very fine copy featuring the illustration on page 146 of Volume II of *La Paysanne* in its first state (with her legs apart), which is rare. The bindings, though slightly rubbed, are of very high quality, and the copy remains in excellent condition.
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