HTR Dataset for Italian printed books in italics, published in Venice between 1500 and 1600. Dataset created with Transkribus platform (READ Coop, https://readcoop.eu/transkribus/). It includes original images, ALTO XML files, PAGE XML files and TXT files. More information concerning the corpus, transcription criteria and distribution license can be found here. The dataset has been developed with the support of the following research groups and projects: Progetto Mambrino, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Verona Project of Excellence “Inclusive Humanities” (2023-2027), Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH), Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Verona PRIN 2017 "Mapping Chivalry. Spanish Romances of Chivalry from Renaissance to 21st Century. A digital approach", prot. 2017JA5XAR PRIN 2022 "spaNice. Spanish cultural models in Early Modern Venice (the development and circulation of Spanish literature and language in 16th-17th century Italy)", prot. 202297ATKC