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Life Of Bartolome Salvador De Solorzano: Some Further Evidence, Esteban Hernandez-Esteve

Accounting Historians Journal

Until very recently almost nothing was known about the life of Bartolome Salvador de Solorzano, the author of the first Spanish treatise on double-entry bookkeeping. This paper presents the results of further research on this subject and complements the findings presented in a previous paper by Hernandez Esteve. A more complete picture of the life of Bartolome Salvador de Solorzano can now be drawn.On the whole there is now evidence regarding aspects such as birth, baptism, parents, godparents, relatives, profession, business, residence, condition, travels, partners, death, etc. Some details on the publication and distribution of his book also are known.