Although I first visited the Library of Congress in 2000 and again in 2019, I never thought of requesting one of the first books...

Although I first visited the Library of Congress in 2000 and again in 2019, I never thought of requesting one of the first books published in the Philippines.
The 1593 Doctrina Cristiana was used in evangelization and has text in Latin and translations in Roman alphabet and baybayin. One could say it is the Rosetta Stone of the Philippines that helped us decode the pre-Spanish syllabary.
It is a unique copy, the only one in the universe and has been made available online by the Library of Congr...