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Les Parisiennes, ou XL Caractères Generaux
by Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Edme
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Neufchâtel et Paris: Guillot, 1787. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Binet. 4 volumes in contemporary sponged calf, spines darkened and a bit dry, light wear at edges, scattered light foxing including to plate margins. 300pp; 388pp; 392pp; 380pp with 20 plates and the often missing final two leaves in volume four with a list of further titles available.
Restif de la Bretonne takes on the subject of women here, looking at 40 women in 8 categories - he believed this to be one of his finest works, as did Palmézaux. Bibliographie et iconographie de tous les ouvrages de Restif de la Bretonne 247-250. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Illustrator: Binet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Erotica. Inventory No: 046740.
Restif de la Bretonne takes on the subject of women here, looking at 40 women in 8 categories - he believed this to be one of his finest works, as did Palmézaux. Bibliographie et iconographie de tous les ouvrages de Restif de la Bretonne 247-250. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Illustrator: Binet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Erotica. Inventory No: 046740.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046740
- Title
- Les Parisiennes, ou XL Caractères Generaux
- Author
- Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Edme
- Illustrator
- Binet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Guillot
- Place of Publication
- Neufchâtel et Paris
- Date Published
- 1787
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Erotica. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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