Histoire generale des voyages, Depuis le commencement du Xve Siecle. Seconde partie. Livre second. Description des Isles Philippines. (vol. 39)

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Description

leather on marble boards, with 14 copper engraved plates: (3 maps, 3 plans, 8 plates).

Antoine-François Prévost d’Exiles (1697–1763), known as the Abbé Prévost, was a prolific French author, novelist, and priest. He is best known for the novel ‘Manon Lescaut’ and the multi-volume ‘Histoire générale des voyages’. His life was marked by a tumultuous journey between military service, religious orders (Jesuits and Benedictines), and periods living abroad, particularly in England.

Condition

some traces of water, paper yellowed, many wormholes (all in margin), with pink stains on the first two maps.