[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. in Spanish of Vives' treatise on the poor. Valencia: 1781

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Vives, Juan Luis. TRATADO DEL SOCORRO DE LOS POBRES. Compuesto en Latin. Traducido en Castellano por el Dr. Juan De Gonzalo Nieto Ivarra. Valencia: Benito Monfort. 1781. 4to. (4),xxxiv,vi,250pp. With the half-title. Engraved portrait of Vives (1492-1540) on the title. Cont. vellum, hand lettered spine. Some light occasional soiling.	$1,250.00
First written in Latin in 1526 as DE SUBVENTIONE PAUPERUM, and not translated into Spanish until 1781. Vives was an important thinker on the subject of the poor. He was an early organizer of public relief and spoke on the many issues relating to the elimination of poverty. Palau 371641. Gallent. LA IMPRENTA DE MONFORT #119.


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