Studies in the History of the Renaissance
- ISBN-10
- 074262417X
- ISBN-13
- 9780742624177
- Series
- Studies in the History of the Renaissance
- Category
- History / Europe / Renaissance
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1873
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Company
- Author
- Walter Pater
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