The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo: Flora
- ISBN-10
- 1905375786
- ISBN-13
- 9781905375783
- Series
- The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Author
- Francis Haskell
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