CONDITION REPORT: 250 pages, 24 chapters, in fair to very worn condition; complete text pages albeit with foxing, tears and folds on numerous pages, very loose binding, spine is almost unrecognizable, front cover is missing, tears, folds, and stains on the back cover.
With illustrations of Charles I, Ferdinand Magellan, Miguel López de Legazpi, Christopher Columbus, Philip II, Fray José Ducós, Simeon de Anda, and Miguel de Cervantes.
With an inscription by Manuel Regidor on the first page

ABOUT THE WORK

Listed among those who published several authoritative and comprehensive historical studies on the Philippines is Don Felipe Maria de Govantes. In one of his writings, he elucidates his own understanding of history as an “account of those events considered true (definida la historia deciendo que es la relacion de los tenidos por verdaderos). Episodios Historicos de Filipinas presents brief evocative illustration of events and personalities associated with the Spanish colonial engagement in the Philippines. The monograph features important personalities like Magallanes, Elcano, Legaspi, Urdaneta, Salcedo, Cobo, Sendeño, P.[adre] Sanchez, P.[adre] Moraga, Corcuera, Verastegui, Fajardo, Bustillos, Villanueva, Ducos, Gastambide, Anda, Blanco, Urbiztondo, etc. in the style of a vignette.(Lars Raymund C. Ubaldo, Ph.D.)