[Restif de La Bretonne, Nicolas]. - Les Contemporaines,... - Lot 200 - Crait + Müller

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[Restif de La Bretonne, Nicolas]. - Les Contemporaines, Ou Avantures des plus jolies Femmes de l'âge présent : Recueillies par N ** ** *** ; Et publiées par Timothée Joly, de Lyon, Dépositaire de ses Manuscrits. Leïpsick, Büschel, 1780-1786. Three series for a total of 42 volumes in-12, half morocco with purplish corners, spines decorated with gilt fillets on the boards. Spines faded, some spotting and dampening, a few leaves doubled in margin, several engravings short in margin (on some the binder's knife has reached the engraving). 283 illustrations h.-t. mostly by Binet or his pupils. The print run was 3500 copies. (Binding of the end of the 19th century). First series: 17 volumes. Composite series comprising volumes of the original edition and volumes of the second edition. 106 plates /113 plates. T 1: 1780, E.O. 260 pp. 5 of 6 engravings, "He lost his memory" missing - T 2: 1780, E.O. pp. 261-504, 6 engravings - T 3: 1780, E.O. 276 pp, 8 engravings - T 4: 1780, E.O. pp. 277-572, [2 ff.], 8 engravings - T 5: 1782, second edition. 344 pp. 4 of 6 engravings, "Surprise de l'amour" and "Le joli pied" missing - T 6: 1782, second edition. pp. 345-672, 7 of 10 engravings. Missing "La jolie laide", "Le modèle", "Le choix" - T 7: 1782, second edition. 288 pp. 5 of 6 engravings, "Le mari-père" missing - T 8: 1782, second edition. pp. 289-645, [1 p.], [2 ff.], 6 engravings - T 9: 1782, second edition. 336 pp. 5 of 6 engravings, "Les progrès du libertinage" missing - T 10: 1782, second edition. 337]-640 pp, [4 ff.], 5 engravings out of 6. The title page is that of the 6th volume, paginated 345-346, with a small finial not described by Rives Childs - T 11: 1782, second edition. 370 pp, [7 ff.], 6 engravings. Angular loss to one leaf with damage to pagination - T 12: 1782, pp. 385-768, DCCLXIX-DCCLXXII, 10 engravings. Second edition - T 13: 1781, 384 pp. 5 engravings. First edition - T 14: 1781, pp. 385-672, 8 engravings. First edition - T 15: 1783, second edition. 364 pp, [5 ff.], 5 engravings. Missing the last leaf - T 16: 1783, second edition. pp. 369-734, [11 ff.], 6 engravings - T 17: 1784, second edition. 318 pp, [21 ff.], 7 engravings. This volume does include the two engravings that were erroneously found in the first edition of the second series. Second series: 13 volumes. Composite series comprising volumes of the first edition and volumes of the second edition. Complete with 85 engravings. T 18: 1782, E.O. pp. 289-624. 7 engravings. - T 19: 1782, E.O. 192 pp. 8 ff. 6 engravings. One table leaf missing with loss of some letters - T 20: 1782, O.E. pp. 265-564, 8 engravings - T 21: 1782, O.E. 352 pp., 8 engravings - T 22: 1786, second edition. pp. 353-666, [13 ff.], 8 engravings - T 23: 1782, O.E. 280 pp, 6 engravings - T 24: 1782, E.O. pp. 281-550, [13 ff.], 7 engravings - T 25: 1782, E.O. 280 pp., 7 engravings - T 26: 1788. pp. 289-650, 7 engravings. Small loss to last leaf affecting pagination - T 27: 1786. 280 pp. 5 engravings. This volume belongs to the edition of 1000 copies made "for some reason unknown" (Rives Childs p. 260) and bearing the inner title "Les Jolies-Femmes...". The rest is the original edition - T 28: 1786. pp. 281-590, [1 f.], 7 engravings. Same edition as the previous one - T 29 : 1786. 6 ff.], 286 pp. 4 engravings, of which 1 folded. Same edition as the previous one. The first two ff. unbound - T 30 : 1786. pp. 287-566, [2 ff.], 5 engravings. Same edition as the previous one. Third series: 12 volumes, all in first edition and complete with all 83 engravings. T 31: 1783. 266 pp. 3-16, [4 ff.], 5 engravings - T 32: 1783. pp. 289-600, 5 engravings - T 33: 1783. 292 pp, [14 ff.], 6 engravings. The lack at the bottom of the title has been restored, with handwritten address - T 34: 1783. pp. 321-598, [1 f.], 6 engravings - T 35: 1784. 334 pp, [1 f.], 7 engravings, of which 3 unfolded. - T 36: 1784. pp. 307-548, [6 f.], 8 engravings, of which 1 unfolded - T 37: 1784. 310 pp, [1 f.], 9 engravings, of which 2 unfolded - T 38: 1784. pp. 313-600, [1 f.], 8 engravings - T 39: 1785. 368 pp. with 6 engravings, of which 1 unfolded. - T 40: 1785. pp. 369-702, 7 engravings. Missing the last leaf - T 41: 1785. 282 pp, [11 ff.], 10 engravings - T 42 : 1785. pp. 305-568, [11 ff.], 6 engravings. The writing of the Contemporaines did not follow a preconceived order because at the beginning Restif thought to write only about twenty short stories. The total is 272. The first series presents "mixed contemporaries" belonging to all classes of society. The second is devoted to "common women", i.e. "beautiful merchants". The third follows "the gradation of the principal states of society" from the duchess to the women of the small theatres. At the end of this
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