Literary Texts in Italian -- Orosco (Alonso): Delle Opere Spirituali, nuovamente fatto di Spagnuolo Italiano per Timoteo Nofreschi da Bagno, Venice, Domenico & Gio. Battista Guerra, 1581, 6 vols. in one, 4to, first Italian edition, woodcut title surrounds, full-page illustration of King David with a violin, 33 smaller illustrations, woodcut initials (some soiling of preliminaries and final leaves), recent vellum, gilt and gauffeured edges [Palau 204430; not in Adams; not in BL] -- Caviceo (Giacomo): Il Peregrino, nuovamente revisto, [(?) Venice], 1533, 8vo, italic (title soiled, repaired at upper margin and with early but lengthy ink inscription on lower margin, occasional ink blotching, one index leaf loose), contemporary vellum (hole in spine) [Adams C1189]; and 11 other vols., published 1533-1702, including other translations. (13)

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Literary Texts in Italian -- Orosco (Alonso): Delle Opere Spirituali, nuovamente fatto di Spagnuolo Italiano per Timoteo Nofreschi da Bagno, Venice, Domenico & Gio. Battista Guerra, 1581, 6 vols. in one, 4to, first Italian edition, woodcut title surrounds, full-page illustration of King David with a violin, 33 smaller illustrations, woodcut initials (some soiling of preliminaries and final leaves), recent vellum, gilt and gauffeured edges [Palau 204430; not in Adams; not in BL] -- Caviceo (Giacomo): Il Peregrino, nuovamente revisto, [(?) Venice], 1533, 8vo, italic (title soiled, repaired at upper margin and with early but lengthy ink inscription on lower margin, occasional ink blotching, one index leaf loose), contemporary vellum (hole in spine) [Adams C1189]; and 11 other vols., published 1533-1702, including other translations. (13)

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The woodcut of King David first appeared in a Venetian Breviary of 1575 (Essling 1075, Giunta Press). The historical and mystical works of Orosco (1500-91) who served as court preacher to Charles V and Phillip II are among the great writings of the golden age.

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