RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LA VIE DE MON PERE, by the author of - Lot 69

RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LA VIE DE MON PERE, by the author of Paysan perverti. Neufchatel, widow Duchesne, 1779. 2 volumes of [6]-152 and [2]-139-[3] pages bound in 2 vol. in-12, emerald half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt t. (L. Pouillet). Second edition, published the same year as the original, of one of Restif's most famous novels: it is decorated with 2 frontispieces, 2 medallion portraits on the titles representing the author's father and mother and 12 unsigned engravings illustrating moral values: Obedience, modesty, compassion, severity, naivety, etc... Many rings, small repair on p. 17 of volume 1. A very good copy bound by Louis Pouillet, established circa 1870 in Paris (Rives-Childs, p. 249).