[Honoré Gabriel Riquetti de MIRABEAU]. Le Libertin de qualit - Lot 74

[Honoré Gabriel Riquetti de MIRABEAU]. Le Libertin de qualité, or Confidences d'un prisonnier au château de Vincennes. Written by himself. Avec figures. A Stamboul, De l'Imprimerie des Odalisques, 1784. In-12, blue half-maroquin with corners, gilded fillets on covers, spine ribbed with gilded flowers and title, gilded head (19th century binding). viij, 317 pp, [1 f.], 8 free figures. Title and text framed by a double ornate fillet. Second edition and the first under this title; the original edition appeared in 1783 under the title Ma Conversion. One of the many works attributed to Mirabeau, which he is said to have written to soothe himself from his three-year imprisonment in Vincennes. Virility in the service of fortune: "Now, virtue enters my heart: I no longer want to fuck except for money." Where will virtue nest! Covers and corners rubbed, a few pale freckles. Gay II, 931; Dutel A-646.