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Le paysan ét la paysane pervertis; ou les dangérs de la ville; histoire récente, mise au jour d'après les véritables lettres des personages

Illustrated by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Louis S. Berthet (French, active from 1775–1806)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
1787
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with two etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 11.4 x 4 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR1278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
The Hague [i.e., Paris]: 1784 [i.e., 1787]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 873
Description("The Hague" [i.e., Paris]: 1784 [i.e., 1787) Duodecimo [vol. 2 only of 4]; 269 leaves [lacking 16 (of 18) plates]; half gilt-stamped brown calf, tan paper boards.

Frontispiece illustrations to the adventures of the perverted peasants
ProvenanceSylvester R. Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints, MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.