Vittoria Colonna: Her Life and PoemsMacmillan, 1868 - 371 pages |
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| Title | Vittoria Colonna: Her Life and Poems |
| Author | Maria Fletcher Roscoe |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1868 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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