RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE NICOLAS EDMÉ LAnti Justine; ou Les Dél

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RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, NICOLAS-EDMÉ. L'Anti-Justine; ou, Les Délices de l'Amour. Nouvelle Édition sans Suppressions conforme à celle Originale de 1798. 6 explicit engraved plates. viii, 260 pages, including half-title. Small 8vo, contemporary 1/4 red morocco; first plate browned, contents otherwise clean; uncut. Np, "1798--1864" [i. e., Brussels: Poulet-Malassis, 1864]

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Unexpurgated reprint of the 1798 original edition. "Restif's declared purpose in writing L'Anti-Justine, as his title implies, was to counteract the works of his enemy the Marquis de Sade . . . yet it is still one of the most outrageously pornographic works ever written. Its main theme is that of incest, which it carries to astounding lengths . . . For all Restif's good intentions . . . the horrors that he associates with Sade manage to creep in"--Kearney, A History of Erotic Literature, page 89. Pia 64-66.