Old Manila

Description

softbound, coloured pictorial covers, 319 pp., with texts and numerous coloured illustrations, some of which (including the cover image) were provided by the Gallery of Prints. ISBN 978-971-97-0697-7. OUT OF PRINT – collector’s item.

Second edition. from the first edition:”Gathered in this book is a pictorial history of the City of Maynila as it commemorates the fourth centenary of its transformation into a capital, Christian city of the Philippines. Rare maps, drawings and photographs of diverse persons and events in its long history…”. This evocative collection of essays charts the changing name of Manila and its inhabitants. National Artist Carlos Quirino examines Manila from the early fourteenth century through the end of Spanish rule, rendering the past in witty and imaginative ways. No mere chronology, it addresses such varied themes as religion, theater, war, food, pestilence, immigration, crime and punishment, coinage, and art. This new edition contains the original text with enriched visuals—maps, postcards, engravings, sketches, and photographs—making it a comprehensive pictorial record of Manila and its denizens through the centuries.