Imirce, ou la fille de la nature (Imirce, or the Daughter of Nature) was one of the last books to be published by the notorious Paris publisher and bookseller Jean Fort. Its author is inexplicably given as J-B Dulaurens, when the book was originally published in 1774, written by Henri Joseph du Laurens or Dulaurens, whose original name was Henri Joseph Laurent (1719–1793), an unfrocked Trinitarian friar, satirical poet and novelist. Dulaurens was born in Douai, the son of the regimental surgeon Jean Joseph Laurent and his wife Marie Josephe Menon, and was author of such libertine works as Le compère Matthieu (My Friend Matthieu), Imirce, and L’Arrétin moderne (The Modern Aretino). He died at Mariembourg in the French First Republic, now in Belgium.

The narrative of Imirce follows the fictional autobiographic freedom-loving exploits of various young women. The introduction, in the form of a letter from Modeste-Tranquille-Xang-Xung to her friend Zéphyre, sets the scene, followed by a collection of short stories, the first of which is the title tale Imirce.

The Sauvage illustrations for Imirce show him developing the style first explored in Casanova, with a combination of flowing engravings highlighted with well-placed linework, and simple  but accomplished monochrome woodcuts.

Imirce was published by J. Fort, À l’Enseigne du Bon Vieux Temps (At the Sign of the Good Old Times), in a limited numbered edition of 940 copies.

An online copy of the Fort edition of Imirce (in French) can be found here.