Boccaccio Giovanni:
Life of Dante
Translator: J. G., J.Nichols, Foreword by: A. N.Wilson
Hesperus Press , 2003
Quality paperback, 91 pages
Size: 200x126 mm
ISBN: 9781843910060
ISBN-10: 1843910063
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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