[Rarebooks] FS: Italian-Spanish dictionary. Venice: 1576

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(DICTIONARIES) Casas, Christobal de. VOCABULARIO DE LAS DOS LENGUAS 
TOSCANA, Y CASTELLANA... En Dos Partes. Con una Introducion Paraleer, y 
Pronuncia Bien Entrambas Lenguas. Venice: Vendese en Casa de Damian 
Zenaro mercader de Libros. 1576. First edition printed in Italy. Sm. 
8vo. 2 parts in 1. (48),268;(269)-438,(2)pp. Large woodcut coat-of-arms 
of Antonio de Guzman, Marques de Ayamonte on the title-page and final 
leaf. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled and with some worming of the front 
cover. Fore-edge of title with a paper repair (no loss), and with minor 
worming in the coat-of-arms.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The preliminary matter includes poems by Seville poets Juan de Mal Lara 
and Fernando de Herrera. A very popular Tuscan-Castilian dictionary. By 
1622 it had gone through 12 editions. Palau 47000. Not in Adams.

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