PERFUME AND LITERATURE The Persistence of the Ephemeral Daniela Ciani Forza Simone Francescato Editors [LINEA saggistica] This publication was made possible thanks to the contribution by: ISBN 978-88-996442-9-1 Copyright © 2017 – LINEA edizioni First edition March 2017 Translation from the original Italian edition by Christina Cawthra Front cover: © Museo Palazzo Mocenigo - Venezia foto di Andrea Morucchio Project and graphics:: Idvisual – www.idvisual.it Printing: Idvisual – Padova Published by LINEA edizioni Via San Marco, 193/D-3 35129 Padova (Italy) Tel. +39.049.59.13.045 Fax +39.049.78.40.334
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