[Restif de la Bretonne, N.-E.] La paysane pervertie, ou les dangers de la ville. 8 parts in 4 volumes. With 8 gest. Frontispices and 29 (instead of 30) copper plates by Louis Binet. The Hague, Duchesne, 1784. 8°. Half-leather volumes of the 19th century, each with 2 green spine labels (somewhat rubbed). Cohen/R. 872 - Sander 1705 - Cioranescu 52700 - Fürstenberg 117: "As one of the first pioneers of the Directoire style in illustration Louis Binet may be regarded. He was almost exclusively the illustrator of Restif de la Bretonne and furnished the works of this restless spirit with a myriad of engravings, occasionally assisted by assistants ... (The engravings) amaze by the wasp waists and the small heads and feet of the female figures drawn out in length. Apparently Binet herewith responded to the wishes of his author who completely dominated him. Incidentally, these engravings are mostly quite interesting from a representational point of view, firstly because they reproduce Restif's fantastic trains of thought, and secondly because they provide us with many an insight into the fashions and customs of the transitional period before and during the Revolution." - Volume I with the frequently missing engravings "Mannon présente" (p. 71) and "Edmond convalescent" (p. 145). - Somewhat browned and foxed; uncut.