Restif de La Bretonne - La Semaine Nocturne: Sept Nuits de Paris - 1790
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La Semaine Nocturne: Sept Nuits de Paris by Restif de La Bretonne is a first edition published in 1790.
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La semaine nocturne is a remarkable historical booklet from 1790, written by the French author Nicolas-Edme Rétif de la Bretonne (1734–1806). Rétif was a chronicler of Parisian street life. The booklet centers on seven nights around the Palais-Royal, the bustling hub of cafés, shops, political discussion, and entertainment. A very rare historical document of Paris during the first phase of the French Revolution. ‘La Semaine nocture’ is the fifteenth volume of ‘Les Nuits de Paris’, published two years after the first fourteen volumes (1788).
Text of the title page:
La semaine nocturne: Seven nights of Paris; which may serve as a sequel to the III-ÇLXXX already published. A work serving as a history of the gardens of the Palais-Royal.
Extremes meet!
In Paris, at Guillot’s, rue des Bernardins. 1790
Contents: 264 p.
Condition: fair; bound in hardcover, spine missing; pencil writing on the endpaper; text block in fair condition; signs of use and wear; worn corners, small tear on pp. 133/134; photographs form part of the description.
Size: 12mo format; 17.3 x 10.5 cm
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La semaine nocturne is a remarkable historical booklet from 1790, written by the French author Nicolas-Edme Rétif de la Bretonne (1734–1806). Rétif was a chronicler of Parisian street life. The booklet centers on seven nights around the Palais-Royal, the bustling hub of cafés, shops, political discussion, and entertainment. A very rare historical document of Paris during the first phase of the French Revolution. ‘La Semaine nocture’ is the fifteenth volume of ‘Les Nuits de Paris’, published two years after the first fourteen volumes (1788).
Text of the title page:
La semaine nocturne: Seven nights of Paris; which may serve as a sequel to the III-ÇLXXX already published. A work serving as a history of the gardens of the Palais-Royal.
Extremes meet!
In Paris, at Guillot’s, rue des Bernardins. 1790
Contents: 264 p.
Condition: fair; bound in hardcover, spine missing; pencil writing on the endpaper; text block in fair condition; signs of use and wear; worn corners, small tear on pp. 133/134; photographs form part of the description.
Size: 12mo format; 17.3 x 10.5 cm
Careful shipping
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
History, Literature
Book title
La Semaine Nocturne: Sept Nuits de Paris
Author/ Illustrator
Restif de La Bretonne
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1790
Height
17.3 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
10.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
A Paris, ches Guillot, rue des-Bernardins
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
264
