Noli Me Tangere /

Rizal, José, 1861-1896.

Noli Me Tangere / por Jose Rizal. - Manila : Instituto Nacional de Historia, 1978 - various pages ; 25 cm.

Errata on end-leaf. Impresion al offset de la edicion principe, impresa en Berlin 1887. Primera impresion, Comision Nacional del Centenarion de Jose Rizal, 1961. Segunda impresion, Instituto Nacional de Historia, 1978.

Contains the abuses of Spain in governing the Philippines specifically the friars who used Catholicism to propagate their evil motives among Filipinos(indios).Rizal wrote the book to awaken everyone on the exploitation of the Spanish authorities and friars on his fellowmen.The book served as a testimony to the oppression concretely displayed on the practices of indulto de commercio, forced labor,encomienda system and undue cruelty.


Rizal, Jose,

PQ 8897.R5 / .N55 1978