RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. *Le Pornographe*. Brussels, Gay

RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. *Le Pornographe*. Brussels, Gay and Doucé, 1879. In-8 (19.5 x 12 cm), paperback volume. LVII-213 pp. Split spine; fragile volume. A critical edition of this manifesto advocating for the regulation of prostitution, written by Restif de La Bretonne, whose passion for women led him to frequent prostitutes assiduously. It was first published in 1769. This edition is preceded by a study by Hippolyte Mireur (57 pp.), a 19th-century French physician who also aut

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