RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LA VIE DE MON PERE, by the author of Le Paysan perverti. Neufchatel, widow Duchesne, 1779. 2 volumes of [6]-152 and [2]-139-[3] pages bound in 2 vol. in-12, emerald half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt t. (L. Pouillet). Second edition, published the same year as the original, of one of Restif's most famous novels: it is decorated with 2 frontispieces, 2 medallion portraits on the titles representing the author's father and mother and 12 unsigned engravings illustrating moral values. Several rings, small repair on p. 17 of volume 1. A very good copy bound by Louis Pouillet, established around 1870 in Paris (Rives-Childs, p. 249). Also by the same author: LES PARISIENNES, ou XL caractères généraux pris dans les mœurs actuelles, propres à servir à l'instruction des Personnes-du-Sexe... Neufchâtel et Paris, Guillot, 1787. 4 volumes in-12 of 300 ; 388 ; 392 ; 380-[4] pages, bound in 2 strong volumes, muted blue boards, bound in booklet. First edition and first printing of the 20 very fine engravings, unsigned and without captions, placed in this copy in the right order. Page 361 is missing and the last one is torn with a big lack, scattered freckles. TOGETHER 4 VOLUMES.