Lorenzo Franciosini di Castelfiorentino (* Castelfiorentino, ca. 1600 - † after 1645) was an Italian Hispanist,

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and grammarian from the 16th century. He wrote an excellent ''Vocabolario italiano, e spagnolo'' (

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, 1620), a ''Grammatica spagnuola ed italiana'' (

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, 1624), and some works in

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: ''De particulis Italicae orationis ��' (

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, 1637), ''Fax linguae Italicae'' (Florence, 1638); ''Compendium facis linguae Italicae'' (1667). He is author of the ''Rodamontate o bravate spagnole'' (Venice, 1627), the ''Dialoghi piacevoli'' (Venice, 1626), and of an important translation of ''

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'', the first one in Italian: ''L’ingegnoso cittadino Don Chisciotte della Mancia'' (Venice, 1622, 1st part; 1625, 2nd part, 1625). « Navarrete says it is too much given to

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, and it certainly takes liberties, but it is on the whole a fairly close translation. The verse is given in the original Spanish »The first edition of ''Don Quixote'' to be published in Italy was the Milanese edition in Spanish of 1610 by the heirs of Pedromartir Locarni and Juan Bautista Bidello. A translation into Italian was not published until this edition, twelve years later. The first part was dedicated to

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, while the second part, published three years later, was dedicated to Ferdinando Seracinelli. In the second part, the verse is also translated into Italian by

Alessandro Adimari Alessandro Adimari (; 1579 – 1649) was an Italian Baroque poet and classical scholar. Biography Alessandro Adimari was born of a noble Florentine family in 1579. He held minor government offices and was a member of the Accademia degli Altera ...

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* People from Castelfiorentino Italian Hispanists Italian lexicographers Grammarians from Italy Linguists of Spanish 17th-century Italian translators Spanish–Italian translators Year of birth uncertain 17th-century deaths Cervantists {{Italy-translator-stub