Author: Sir John Bowring
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co. in London.
Year: 1859
Size: 20.8 x 14.4 cm
Reference: Pardo de Tavera Biblioteca Filipina # 402; Griffin Lib. of Congress p. 13.
A Visit to the Philippine Islands in 1858-59
₱45,100.00
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Description
pp. vii, 434, hardbound, gilted spine, with coloured lithographic plates, some text woodcuts, “Indian” song at end and vignettes on titlepage pp. 30, 71, 134, 341, 354 and 425. First edition.
Sir John Bowring, late Governor of Hong Kong, H.B.M’s Plenipotentiary in China, Honorary Member of the Sociedad Economica de las Filipinas. Still one of the best English accounts of the Philippines in the 19th century.
Condition
text pages are clean. very good condition.
