Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 319

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PHILIPPINE IMPRINT.) Relacion de la Valerosa Defensa de los Naturales Bisayas del Pueblo de Palompong . . . contra las Armas Mahometanas de Ylanos y Malanaos, en el Mes de Junio de 1754 [caption title]. [8] leaves, including final blank. Printed on rice paper. 4to, 200x140 mm, modern leather; contents toned. (Manila: Imprenta de la Compañia de Jesús, 1754)

Additional Details

first edition of a pamphlet describing the successful defense of a coastal settlement on Leyte against an attack by Muslim pirates. Medina (Manila) 255; Palau 259518; Pardo de Tavera 2296 ("pieza sumamente rara"); Streit-Dindinger VI, 1099.