Vibal, UST launch book on 19th century PH publishing

VIBAL Foundation, in partnership with the Miguel de Benavides Library of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), launched "Imprenta Ramírez y Giraudier: A Story of Late Nineteenth-Century Philippine Intellectuality," written by historian Lino Dizon, PhD, on March 29, 2023 at the ground floor of the Central Library building, UST Miguel de Benavides Library in España, Manila.

The book provides an insight on how the establishment of the influential publishing firm Imprenta Ramírez y Giraudier (IRG) – through the efforts of its founding partners, Don Manuel Ramírez y Carvajal and Baltazar Giraudier y Ortega, and its visionary editor and writer, Jose Felipe del Pan – became one of the crucial engines of Spanish-speaking society during the late 19th-century colonial Philippines.