ITALIAN CANTATAS. Music manuscript, [17th century]; oblong volume of 145 pages on 73 leaves (11x29 cm), original cardboard cover. A collection of cantatas for solo soprano and continuo, including one duet with an alto. “Servi, spera mi dice”..; “Chi ben’ama una sol’ volta in eterno”…; “Non mi vedrete a piangere”…; “Per godere in Amor tempo”…; “Non vantar non vantar Liberta”…; “Io vi lascio o luci belle”…; “Sempre caro sempre caro nel mio petto”…; “Bella mia sei più sdegnosa”…; “Quando Amor mi darai pace”…; “Amanti pensieri che dite”…; Duet “My soul, I still hold you close”…; “Night, night, friend of lovers”…; “The power of his fate”…; “Awaken the ideas”…; “Dear, dear, happy sands”…; “Whoever falls in love one day”…; “Do Not Love Where You Do Not Believe”…; “With a Fading Gaze”…; “Do Not Disturb the Dear Peace of My Heart”…; “For the Fatherland and for the Faith”…; “My Generous Thoughts”…; “Fate, If You Will, I Shall Suffer No More”…; “Hope Consoles Me”…; “I Shall Laugh in Peace”…; “My Contentment in a Single Laugh”…; “Blind Child, Terror of the Spheres”…; “No More, No More Time, O Queen”…; “If the Archer Yearns”…; “Do Not Leave This Bosom”…; “On the Arenas of Sica”…; “Love, You Who Sowed the Fires in My Breast”… Each page features two staves, with the lyrics below the first line (and the second line for the second verse); several initials have not been drawn. Fols. 17–19 contain three pieces for two trumpets (Tromba prima and Tromba 2da). There is also a “Minuet” (f. 20v°).