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French writer (1734–1806)
Also known as: Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne, De la Bretonne, Nicolas Edmonde Restif de La Bretonne, Nicolas Edmonde Retif de La Bretonne, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edme Retif de la Bretonne
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- Les nuits de Paris, ou, Le spectateur-nocturne (1788)
- Le pornographe (1769)
- Le pornographe, ou idées d'un honnête-homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées, propre à prévenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes. Avec des notes historiques et justificatives
- La vie de mom père (1924)
- Le pornographe, ou, Idées d'un honnête-homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées, propre à prévenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes