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The fates of illustrious men /

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A new edition, with new preface, bibliography and notes of Boccaccio's encyclopedia of historical biography dealing with the fortunes and calamities of famous people, both mythical and actual, from Adam to Francesco Petrarch.

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Main Author:	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 (Author)
Other Authors:	Hall, Louis Brewer (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Italica Press, 2018.
Edition:	Second edition, with new preface, bibliography and notes.
Series:	Italica Press medieval & renaissance texts series.

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