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[HISTORY] - Rise of the Ottomans: Early History in Italian, 1558 - DIAZ TANCO DE FREGENAL Vasco (d. 1560) - [Turkey] DIAZ TANCO DE FREGENAL, VASCO - Libro dell' origine, et successione dell' imperio de Turchi. Nuovamente tradotto dalla lingua spagnuola nella italiana per il Signor Alfonso di Ulloa. Venice, Gabriel Giolito, 1558. 8vo (151 x 100 mm.), 18th century vellum with title on label at spine, blue edges, title marginally soiled, a genuine copy. Woodcut device on title and last page, woodcut headpieces, initials and ornaments, pp. 237, (3, last 2 orig. blanks). First Edition in Italian. This account of the Turks appeared originally as ‘Libro intitulado palinodia, de la nephanda y fiera nacion de los Turcos’ in 1547. Vasco Diaz Tanco also used the anagram Clavedan del Estanco. (1)