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RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme) Le Palais-Royal. Première [troisième-]

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RÉTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme) Le Palais-Royal. Première [troisième-] partie.
À Paris, au Palais-Royal dabord| puis, Partout| même chez Guillot..., 1790. 3 volumes in-12, 280 + 248 + 288 p. (including faux-titres and titles), 19th c. cherry half calf with corners, spines with 4 nerves decorated with gilt stippling, gilt title and tomaison, gilt and cold stippling and fillets, cold fleurons, cold roulette to boards (spines slightly faded, corners dull, small worm trav.
sporadic russeting and browning).
First edition of this novel in three parts: 1. les filles de l'Alée-des-Soupirs| 2. les sunamites. - 3. les converseuses.
Each volume is preceded by a copper-engraved fold-out frontispiece showing the ladies at the Palais Royal. These plates are entitled respectively: "Les trente deux filles dans l'Allée des Soupirs", "Le cirque", and "La colonnade".
(Rives Childs, 313-314)