[PREVOST D'EXILES, Antoine François, Abbé (1697-1763)]. Suite des mémoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité. Amsterdam: dépends de la Compagnie, 1733. 12° (164 x 92mm). Dark blue morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, later gilt supralibros, spine richly gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1930.

[PREVOST D'EXILES, Antoine François, Abbé (1697-1763)]. Suite des mémoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité. Amsterdam: dépends de la Compagnie, 1733. 12° (164 x 92mm). Dark blue morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, later gilt supralibros, spine richly gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1930.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Manon Lescaut, with 3-line imprint. It was probably printed in France, perhaps in Rouen. The story, the exemplar of the faithless woman who inspires overwhelming passion, first appeared two years earlier as the final volume of Prévost's Mémoirs d'un homme de qualité. Subsequent editions used the names of the two protagonists, Manon and the chevalier des Grieux, in the title. Brunet VIII, 294; Rochebilière 807; Tchemerzine IX, 221.