RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LUCILE OR THE PROGRESS OF VIRTUE. Par - Lot 56

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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LUCILE OR THE PROGRESS OF VIRTUE. Par - Lot 56
RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LUCILE OR THE PROGRESS OF VIRTUE. Par un mousquetaire. A La Haye et se vend à Francfort, chez J.G. Eslinger, 1769. In-12, 16-174 pages, paperback, covers muted, untrimmed. This book is an account of the escapades of Mlle Cadette Forterre, a charming girl from Auxerre... A rare counterfeit of the original edition (published in Paris the previous year) of Restif's second book. "This is undoubtedly the counterfeit, made in the provinces, with the tacit consent of the bookseller Valade". An unsigned woodcut has been added opposite the title. Partly uncut copy (Rives-Childs p.199) (Gay II, 916).
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