RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LES GYNOGRAPHES, or ideas of two hone - Lot 67

RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LES GYNOGRAPHES, or ideas of two honest women on a draft regulation proposed to all of Europe to put women in their place, and bring happiness to both sexes. La Haie, chés Gosse et Pinet, chés Humblot, 1777. 2 parts in 2 volumes in-8 of [8]-238 and 239 to 567-[1] pages, paperback, untrimmed, in modern hardback folder and slipcase (Lobstein-Laurenchet). First edition of this third volume of Idées Singulières with historical and supporting notes, followed by the names of famous women collected by N.-E. Rétif-de-la-Bretonne, the work's editor. Starting on May 20, 1776, Restif set about composing Les Gynographes, the third volume of his "Idées singulières"... The first part of the work contains a project for reforming the mores and customs of the second sex; the second is a compilation of all the uses and customs of the world relating to women... (Rives-Childs). Freckling, spine split and restored, qq. rings, small marginal defect on last leaf, paper loss in margin of 4 leaves. An entirely untrimmed copy, as printed, in rare condition (Rives-Childs, p. 245) (Lacroix, p. 143).