RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. LUCILE OU LES PROGRES DE LA VERTU. Par un mousquetaire. A La Haye et se vend à Francfort, chez J.G. Eslinger, 1769. In-12, 16-174 pages, paperback, covers muted, untrimmed. This book is an account of the escapades of Mlle Cadette Forterre, a charming girl from Auxerre... A rare counterfeit of the original edition (published in Paris the previous year). An unsigned woodcut has been added opposite the title. Partly uncut copy (Rives-Childs p.199) (Gay II, 916). Also by the same author: LE PIED DE FANCHETTE ou l'orfeline française. Histoire intéressante et morale. The Hague and Paris, Humblot and Quillau, 1769. 3 parts of 160-148-186 pages, in 1 small volume in-12, fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). First edition of Restif's first literary success: it was in this work that he revealed his fanatical passion for pretty feet and shoes. Fanchette's foot is really the hero of the book! Edition of 1000 copies, with titles, dedications, tables and notes printed in red. Copy belonging to an edition not described (Orpheline spelled orfeline) and in which the third part contains 186 pages. Corners dulled, spine faded (Rives-Childs, p. 203) (Lacroix, p. 89). TOGETHER 2 VOLUMES.