The Library has two copies. One copy has a notation of the curator in 1768 at the back of the title page. Both copies carry the ownership mark of the Librería Del Colegio de Sto. Tomás de Manila. Each copy includes an index and table of contents. The second copy has missing pages. Libro Primero starts on p. 57-168; Libro II, p. 9-40; 81-116; Libro III p. 1-108; 173-246. The pages are partly damaged by insects but still readable.
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The University Library boasts of two copies of this singular volume containing three books. Book I speaks of matters regarding the Province of St. Gregory of the Discalced Franciscans in the Philippines and on matters regarding the Philippine Islands. The narrative starts from the foundation of the Province of St. Gregory and centers on the lives of the Franciscan friars in the Philippines. Book II speaks of the missions in Grand China, Cochinchina, Tonkin and Siam. Book III is an account of the Order’s missions in Japan.