Le Paysan perverti. - La Paysane pervertie [La Paysanne pervertie]. - Les Figures du Paysan perverti

Le Paysan perverti. - La Paysane pervertie [La Paysanne pervertie]. - Les Figures du Paysan perverti
[The Perverted Peasant and Peasant Woman]

Chez Esprit & Chez la Veuve Duchesne, La Haie [Paris] 1776 [i.e. 1782] and 1784, 12° (9,5x16,5cm), 9 volumes bound.
Famous first illustrated edition of Le Paysan perverti. First edition of its sequel, La Paysane pervertie and of the explanatory volume of the figures. According to Cohen "the costs of the illustration were borne by a rich man, a friend of Restif, probably Grimod de la Reynière."
Red morocco binding signed Belz Niedrée, circa 1860-1880, spine elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt fillets on the boards, double comb patterned endpapers, gilt inner dentelle, all gilt and marbled edges.
Our copy of La Paysane pervertie contains the rare censored title pages: "Most copies do not have the words La Paysane Pervertie on the title, censorship required their suppression, only Les Dangers de la ville, etc." (Cohen). Complete, at the end of volume IV, of the Table des noms des personnages (pp. 337-344), Avis sur les Dangers de la ville (8 pp.), Revue des ouvrages de l'auteur (pp. clxix-ccxliv) and the Ouvrages du même auteur catalogue.

- Le Paysan perverti, 1776 – 8 parts in 4 volumes
74 engraved plates and 8 engraved titles + 2 double figures after Binet, by Berthet et Le Roy.

• Volume 1 : 2 fr. et 22 pl. (+1) - vij (1) 304 pp.
• Volume 2 : 2 fr. et 14 pl. - 312 pp. Page 147 mounted. Two small restorations to the lower margin of pages 266 and 267.
• Volume 3 : 2 fr. et 23 pl. - 304 pp. Lower part of p. 121 restored, probably during the binding process, with a different typeface on the last two lines of the text.
• Volume 4 : 2 fr. et 15 pl. (+1) - 293 pp. (3). Small hole to the last page (publisher's catalogue)

- La Paysane pervertie, 1784 – 8 parts in 4 volumes
74 engraved plates including 8 engraved titles after Binet, by Berthet, Giraud le jeune and Le Roy.

• Tome 1 : 2 fr. et 10 pl. - 344 pp. 2 title pages dated 1784 "chés la d.me Veuve Duchesne" + 1 title page Les Dangers de la ville. Restoration to the upper corner of p. 9.
• Tome 2 : 2 fr. et 4 pl. - 320 pp. (mal chif. 220). Title page of Les Dangers de la ville pasted over that of La Paysane pervertie 1784 "chés le libraire indiqué au frontispice de la I Partie du Paysan"
• Tome 3 : 2 fr. et 7 pl. - 320 pp. 2 versions of the title pages as described above. A restoration to the inner margin of p. 257.
• Tome 4 : 2 fr. et 9 pl. - 344 pp. ; 8 pp. ; (1) clxx-ccxliv (12) Also 2 versions also of the title page. The first page of the text of Dangers de la ville bound, with some skillful restorations.

- Les Figures du Paysan perverti (missing from most copies) [with] Les Figures de la Paysane pervertie :
Engraved portrait of the author - xxxij ; clxviij ; lxxij
« Explication des 120 planches si curieuses de Binet » (Cohen)
Last page mounted, with a small piece of paper missing to the lower margin.
Superb set in a signed morrocco binding, a rare copy reflecting the incredible editorial adventure of this great text.