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- ↑ Everson, Jane E.; Reidy, Denis V.; Sampson, Lisa (14 April 2016). The Italian Academies 1525-1700: Networks of Culture, Innovation and Dissent (in English and Italian). Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-19630-3.
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