RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LE PORNOGRAPHE, ou idées d'un honnête - Lot 164

RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LE PORNOGRAPHE, ou idées d'un honnête-homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées... Londres, chez Jean Nourse, et se trouve à Paris, chez Delalain, 1769. In-8 of [4] and 7-368 pages, marbled calf, ornate smooth spine, gilt arms on tail (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION. A very rare copy bearing Delalain's name on the title. It includes the faux-title with "Idées singulières. Première partie", which has almost always been removed from these volumes, which are sold separately. It is in this book that Restif proposes to establish prostitution as a public institution. Conforms to the collation given by Rives Childs (pp. 5 and 6 are missing). Title-piece missing, hinges rubbed, wide margins. (Rives-Childs, p. 210) (Lacroix, p. 96) (Gay III, 815 "Certains détails sont obscènes"). EXAMPLE WITH THE ARMS of Louis François Armand du Plessis de Wignerot, Duc de Richelieu, pair et maréchal de France (1696-1788) stamped at the bottom of the spine. Provenance: Duc de Richelieu, pair et maréchal de France (1696-1788).