4 parts bound in 2 volumes. (Scattered stains and spotting.) Half morocco over brown linen, stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers.

Early edition of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's famous epistolary novel set in pre-Revolutionary France. It was one of the most widely read works of the 18th century, with at least 16 different authorized or pirated editions being printed in the first year of its publication.