The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece
- ISBN-10
- 1932543171
- ISBN-13
- 9781932543179
- Series
- The Gates of Paradise
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-01
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