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About Famous Women

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674003477
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 560
  • Published:
  • April 25, 2001
  • Dimensions:
  • 144x212x34 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 610 g.
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Description of Famous Women

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.

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