Villa Verocchio; Or, The Youth of Leonardo Da Vinci: A Tale |
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| Title | Villa Verocchio; Or, The Youth of Leonardo Da Vinci: A Tale |
| Author | Diana Louisa Macdonald |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 284 pages |
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