RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, NICHOLAS-EDMÉ. La Vie de mon Père, par l'Auteur du Paysan Perverti. Neufchâtel and Paris: Le Jay 1779. 2 parts in one, 12mo, 166 x 96 mm. (6 9/16 x 3 13/16 in.), nineteenth-century parchment over pasteboard, monogram of EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT in embossed white letters on a gilt oval cartouche at center of sides, edges gilt over red staining, covers slightly soiled. FIRST EDITION, partly printed on pale blue paper, engraved frontispieces, titles with engraved portrait roundels, 12 engraved plates. Cohen-de Ricci 874; Jacob, p. 152.

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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, NICHOLAS-EDMÉ. La Vie de mon Père, par l'Auteur du Paysan Perverti. Neufchâtel and Paris: Le Jay 1779. 2 parts in one, 12mo, 166 x 96 mm. (6 9/16 x 3 13/16 in.), nineteenth-century parchment over pasteboard, monogram of EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT in embossed white letters on a gilt oval cartouche at center of sides, edges gilt over red staining, covers slightly soiled. FIRST EDITION, partly printed on pale blue paper, engraved frontispieces, titles with engraved portrait roundels, 12 engraved plates. Cohen-de Ricci 874; Jacob, p. 152.

Provenance: Edmond de Goncourt, monogrammed binding, etched bookplate on front free endpaper, signature in red ink above.