A Visit to the Philippine Islands in 1858-59

₱45,100.00

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.

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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.