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ix + 484pp., hardbound in blue cloth cover, decorated & lettered in gilt, with 1 black & white illustration of the first printed edition of Fray Zuñiga’s “Estadismo de las Islas Filipinas”. Vol. no. XXI (21). First English edition of ‘Estadismo de las islas Filipinas’, published by The Filipiniana Book Guild, Manila, Printed in the Philippines by Regal Printing Company, Manila. Translated from the original Spanish 1893 first edition by Vicente del Carmen. With an introduction by Fr. Isacio Rodriguez, O.S.A. In ‘Status of the Philippines in 1800’, Fr. Joaquin Martinez de Zuñiga [Zuniga] provides a detailed, critical account of the archipelago at the turn of the 19th century. He documents Spanish colonial control, population, social conditions, and economic activities, while highlighting the need for reforms to address underdevelopment.