Les contemporaines ; ou, Avantures des plus jolies femmes de l'âge présent /
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| Language: | French |
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Leïpsick :
Imprimé par Büschel, se trouve à Paris chés la Veuve Duchesne [etc.],
1780-1785.
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| Item Description: | Volumes 3-42 have author statement: Recueillies par N.-E. R** d*-l*-B***. Imprint varies. By Restif de La Bretonne. Cf. Barbier. Volumes 18-30 have title: Les contemporaines du commun; ou, Avantures des belles marchandes, ouvrières, &c.a, de l'âge présent. Volumes 31-42 have title: Les contemporaines par-gradation; ou, Avantures des jolies-femmes de l'âge actuel, suivant la gradation des principaux Etats de la société (varies slightly). Volumes 5, 9, 13-14, and 17-18: 2. edition. Volume 18 also numbered 1; volumes 31-42 also numbered 1-12. Volume 1, called premier, & dix-huitième volume, is of the 2d edition; the other volumes, called dixneuvième-trentième volumes, are of the 1st edition Fleurons on the title-pages of volumes 2-3 (19-20) correspond to those of the edition having title Les jolies femmes du commun (cf. Childs, page 261). Most plates are unsigned; a few are signed by the artist, L. Binet, and by E.A. Giraud and Pauquet. The plates conform to the list given in Lacroix, pages 168-175. Collation of the volumes conforms to that given in Childs XXII, number 2, page 265 for volume 1 (18) and XXII, number 1, pages 259-260, for the other volumes. Collation of the volumes conforms to that given in Childs XXII, number 1, pages 262-263; volume 3 (33) has 14 unpaged leaves at the end. Includes advertisements. |
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| Physical Description: | 42 volumes in 21 : illustrations (part folded) |