[LACLOS (Pierre Choderlos de). Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société, et publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres. Amsterdam et Paris, Durand neveu, 1782. 4 volumes in-12, bradel marbled paper boards, typographical title labels, untrimmed (19th century binding). One of the first editions of Laclos' masterpiece. The novel was so successful on its publication that no less than sixteen editions, legitimate or pirated, appeared under the date of 1782. A pleasant copy bound in four volumes. Missing the false title of volume II, discreet repair to the last leaf of volume IV, spines faded.