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

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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.