DIDEROT DENIS Les Bijoux Indiscrets 2 vols 1748

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[DIDEROT, DENIS.] Les Bijoux Indiscrets. 7 engraved plates. [8], 370; [4], 420 pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends slightly chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional light soiling, scattered minor stains, Volume 1 with marginal clean tear in B3-4 and blank corner off M1. Bookplates of Douglas Maxwell Moffat. "Au Monomotapa," [1748]

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first edition of Diderot's first novel, "the story of a sultan's magic ring with the extraordinary power to provoke the intimate sexual confessions of women" (DLB). Adams BI1; Tchemerzine (1977) II, 922.