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[RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, NICOLAS-EDMÉ.] La Vie de Mon Père. 14 etched plates. [2], 232; 222, [4] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 2 volumes. 12mo, later 19th-early 20th-century olive morocco by Tout, spines darkened, joints rubbed and starting; varying offsetting from plates, scattered light foxing. Cortlandt F. Bishop bookplates (sale, 14 November 1938, lot 1920). Neuchâtel & Paris: widow Duchesne, 1788
Third edition of an autobiographical novel of French village life originally published in 1779. Childs, page 250; Cohen-de Ricci 874; Gay-Lemonnyer III, 1340.
