Latino, Juan. Juan Latino: Slave and Humanist. By V.B. Spratlin. 8vo red cloth, lightly faded on portion of upper cover. New York: Spinner, 1938 E250-350 First Edition. Warmly Inscribed In Spanish and Signed By Spratlin. The first in depth study of

Latino, Juan. Juan Latino: Slave and Humanist. By V.B. Spratlin. 8vo red cloth, lightly faded on portion of upper cover. New York: Spinner, 1938 E250-350 First Edition. Warmly Inscribed In Spanish and Signed By Spratlin. The first in depth study of the Americas' first slave poet including the entire translated text of his epic poem written for Don Juan of Austria on the occasion of his defeat of the Turks at Lepanto. Latino, born a slave in Guinea, was educated at the University of Granada, earning the highest honors.