Freudenberger, Sigismond and Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune. Suite d'Estampes pour servir à l'histoire des moeurs et du costume des François dans le dix-huitième siècle. Année 1775 (1776 and 1783). 3 sets (all published) in 1 volume. With 36 copper plates (12 after Freudenberger, 24 after Moreau). Paris, Prault, 1775-83. large folio (59 × 42 cm). 1 leaf each. Title and 12 pls. Legends of Rétif de la Bretonne, sets 1 & 2 with 2 vols. each. Discours préliminaire. Modern French master binding (signed J. Saulin) in red marocco with spine and cover gilt in the style of the period, moiré silk doublures and gilt head edge (minimally rubbed, upper capital somewhat torn). Cohen/R. pp. 352-363 - Sander 1861 - Lipperheide Fb 30, 32 & 34 - Colas 1118-20 (detailed). - First, complete with all text sheets very rare edition of the splendid documentation of aristocratic high culture immediately before the outbreak of the French Revolution. Set 1775 after Freudenberger shows the daily routine of a young noblewoman from Lever to Coucher, set 1776 after Moreau pregnancy and maternal joys, the later one of 1783 male pastimes. - Large and strong impressions, sets 1 and 2 on strong, untrimmed laid paper with very wide margins, set 3 on somewhat thinner paper, trimmed and adjusted to the format of the first two by passepartout framing. Some browning and foxing throughout, especially in the margins, occasionally heavier.