State of the Philippines in 1810 - rare book

Comyn, Tomas de. STATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1810 and PHILIPPINE PROGRESS PRIOR TO 1898. Filipiniana Book Guild, 1969, hardcover, rare limited edition (1,000 copies only), 248 pp.
This book collects two writings that look at the Philippines in the 1800s. The first account is by Tomas de Comyn, STATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1810, translated from the Spanish with notes by William Walton. This account was first printed in Madrid in 1820. Among the early Spanish commentators of the Philippines scene, Tomas de Comyn stands out for his frank and penetrating appraisal of the commerce and administration of the Islands. For 8 years during the first decade of the 19th century, Comyn was the general manager of the Compania Real de Filipinas, and as such, Comyn was in a good position to evaluate the economy of the archipelago as the galleon trade between Mexico and the Philippines went on. The second account is by Conrado Benitez - PHILIPPINE PROGRESS PRIOR TO 1898 - in which Benitez comments further on the conditions of the Philippines during that period.