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Author | Martinez de Zuñiga, Joaquin |
Title | Estadismo de las Islas Filipinas o Sea Mis Viajes Por Esta Pais Vol. 2 |
Publisher | Madrid : Viuda de M. Minuesa de los Ríos |
Date | 1893 |
Description | 2 v. (xxxviii, 609 p.; 764 p.) ; 8°. |
Note | The UST Library has four copies of Volume I, one copy with missing pages, starts on Chapter Two, p. 15; three copies of Volume II, one has the ownership mark of Biblioteca del Colegio de Letrán, Manila. There are torn and brittle pages. Vignettes are used and included are tables of contents. |
Summary | This is a new edition of the famous description of the Philippines by the Augustinian, Fr. Zúñiga, made by the equally famous bibliographer W.E. Retana from a copy existing at the St. Augustin Convent at the time of printing (lent to him by José Cabezas de Herrera). It contains an extensive Prologue by Retana in which he discusses the historical figure of Fr. Zúñiga and the different editions of this famous work, first published at the beginning of the 19th Century. (see Retana, no. 3363) |
Subject | Philippines -- Description and travel. |
Subject2 | Philippines -- History. |
Subject3 | Provinces. |
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Language | Spanish |
Rights | The digital copy is owned by the UST Miguel de Benavides Library. |