Le sopha

Very rare pirated edition of this popular French novel. Although the subtitle suggests that this work is a moral tale, it is in fact one of the most famous libertine novels of the 18th century. The story tells the tale of a young courtier transformed into a sofa, and the frivolous and scandalous adventures that take place on it.

It was enormously popular in its time, with its humour, mild eroticism and fashionable eastern setting. The central character was thought to have been based on Louis XV, a suspicion which was enough to enable Madame de Pompadour to have Crébillon exiled for five years. Laclos further immortalised the work by making it the favourite reading of Madame de Merteuil in his 'Liaisons dangereuses'.