RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas Edme). LES CONTEMPORAINES, ou - Lot 193

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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas Edme). LES CONTEMPORAINES, ou - Lot 193
RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas Edme). LES CONTEMPORAINES, ou Avantures des plus jolies femmes de l'âge présent (Tome 1 to 17) Les jolies femmes du commun ou Avantures des belles marchandes, ouvrières,... (Volume 18 to 30) The contemporaries by gra-dation or Avantures of the pretty women of the present age (Volume 31 to 42). Leipzig, Buschel 1780-1785. 42 volumes bound in 21 volumes in-8, morocco sienna, gilt inner lace, gilt head (Rivière & Son). It took Restif six years to complete this collection of 272 short stories that encompass all female characters and all states of society. This work is a true encyclopedia of arts and crafts and also a vivid picture of fashion and costumes at the end of the Ancien Régime. The whole is illustrated with 283 FIGURES BY BINET, including 9 DEPLIANTES relating to theatres and shows. The draughtsman, at Restif's request, has exaggerated the smallness of the heads and feet, the fineness of the sizes. Volumes 1 to 8 dated 1780 (except volume 6 dated 1782), 9 to 16 dated 1781, 17 to 26 dated 1782, 18 to 34 dated 1783, 35 to 38 dated 1784, 39 to 42 dated 1785. Several pagination errors without any lacks with some reversals of engravings, some yellowed leaves, some plates not captioned. Numerous engravings mounted on white support at the time of binding. (Rive Childs, p. 256). A very good copy in morocco.
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