Guia Oficial de las Islas Filipinas para 1893.

£5,800 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

This is the first comprehensive gazetteer and guide to the Philippines published for the Secretary of the Government-General of the Islands. It contains copious information about the civil, military, and ecclesiastical administration (together with a map of the archipelago and a town plan of Manila). Furthermore, it includes copious lists of officials, budgets, geographical data, and statistics. The appendix also includes information about Yokohama, Singapore, Hongkong and Saigon together with town-plans. Extremely rare. Only one copy in OCLC (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines).

• Binding: Hardcover

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