RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LE PORNOGRAPHE, ou idées d'un honnête-homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées... London, by Jean Nourse, and in Paris, by Delalain, 1769. In-8 of [4] and 7 to 368 pages, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, gilt arms at the end (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION. A very rare copy bearing Delalain's name on the title. It includes the false title with: "Idées singulières. Première partie" which has almost always been removed from these volumes, sold separately. It was in this book that Restif proposed making prostitution a public institution. Conforms to the collation given by Rives Childs (pp. 5 and 6 are missing). Title-piece missing, hinges rubbed, wide margins. (Rives-Childs, p. 210) (Lacroix, p. 96) (Gay III, 815 "Certains détails sont obscènes"). EXAMPLE WITH THE ARMS of Louis François Armand du Plessis de Wignerot, Duke of Richelieu, peer and Marshal of France (1696-1788) stamped at the bottom of the spine. Provenance: Duke of Richelieu, Peer and Marshal of France (1696-1788).