RESTIF DE LA BRETONNELivre Rare Book
Restif de la Bretonne, NicolasBiblio.com
Monsieur Nicolas ou Le Coeur Humain Dévoile. Mémoires Intimes de Restif de La Bretonne. Réimprimé sur l'Édition Unique et Rarissime Publiée par lui-même en 1796 14 Volumes Complete
188310189Paris: Isidore Liseux 1883. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Octavos. Originally issued in wrappers this set in marbled paper over boards backed in morocco with corners; all edge gilt; ribbon markers. Original wrappers are not bound in. Only light rubbing to the binding aside from scuff to the top corner of the front boards of Vol. 1; half a dozen of the volumes show some minor spotting to the spine still an attractive set; light and even toning throughout the text; title pages bear an early and small inked "1287"; a few penciled notes otherwise clean. Vols. 2-12 have had a bookplate removed; a different bookplate on the front pastedown of Vol. 1 identifies this set as from the library of Maine bookseller and bibliophile Francis Massey O'Brien. A significant figure he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bowdoin in 1990. An interesting association copy of a nice edition beautifully bound of this autobiography of the 18th century French novelist who reputedly coined the term "pornographer." Additionally his name became synonymous with foot fetish--retifism. Isidore Liseux unknown
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA · États-Unis385,00 $US≈ 325,75 €
