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Book Title: Renaissance Woman : the Life of Vittoria Colonna
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Women, Literary, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History / Renaissance
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ramie Targoff
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
