LA PEROUSE, J. F. G. - Costumes des habitans de Manille.

A very beautiful print, showing four elegant figures relaxing in a shady glade, two women recline and two stand chatting.
After a design of Duché de Vancy and engraved by Dupréel. Made during the Voyages of La Perouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797 in "Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse".